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Council adopts derelict‑building registration form, fee to enforce 2016 ordinance
Summary
Council approved Resolution 2026.06, completing a 2016 ordinance implementation by adopting a registration form and fee intended to allow code enforcement to notify owners and pursue remediation of unsafe vacant properties.
Council approved Resolution 2026.06 to adopt a derelict‑building registration form and fee intended to allow the city to enforce a 2016 ordinance addressing unsafe vacant properties. Staff told the council the ordinance (Ordinance 10‑48) established the framework in 2016 but the implementing resolution and fee were never finalized; the resolution and form were prepared with the city attorney to finish that process.
The staff presentation noted the fee and registration provide a mechanism to notify owners (often nonresidents) and motivate them to repair or remove properties that are unsafe or unoccupiable. In explaining the enforcement pathway, a staff presenter said the code enforcement officer would first give notice to the building owner and the city would use the form and fee to compel corrective action. The council debated why the fee was needed and whether the city had sufficient properties that would fall under the code; Councilor Daigle recorded a dissenting vote. The motion carried on a recorded voice/roll-call vote.
