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Vacant Building Maintenance Licensing Program
Date Added: Thursday, June 2, 2022Vacant & Distressed Properties, Displacement
Ohio
Municipal
Cincinnati, Ohio enacted the Vacant Building Maintenance Licensing Program that utilizes code enforcement and registration strategies. Cincinnati’s program requires vacant-building owners who do not have a satisfactory development plan and proof of financing to apply for a vacant building license ..
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Adaptive Reuse: Governor Cuomo’s New Plan to Re-Purpose Buildings
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Affordable Housing , Vacant & Distressed Properties
New York
Municipal
In New York City, office, commercial, and hotel spaces have been unused due to the pandemic, leaving many spaces vacant. Because NYC has experienced a shortage of affordable housing for years, Governor Cuomo proposed a plan to repurpose vacant commercial properties into affordable housing units. This can help pandemic recovery proceed. Gov. Cuomo proposed a five-year period where these spaces will be converted. ..
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Hartford, CT Anti-Blight
Date Added: Thursday, August 12, 2021Vacant & Distressed Properties, Healthy Communities
Connecticut
Municipal
Vacant and distressed properties are a financial burden on the community and have a negative effect on public health. Hartford, Connecticut has an “Anti-Blight Program” in its Municipal Code. The code contains provisions mandating the registration of vacant buildings, requiring a quarterly city report indexing blighted properties, and offering a property tax assessment deferral for owners who repair and rehabilitate blighted properties. ..
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Land Use Law Center Strategies for Scattered Site & Infill Development Checklist
Date Added: Friday, April 21, 2017Land Use Planning, Urban Renewal, Vacant & Distressed Properties, Streamlining
New York
Municipal
The Land Use Law Center created this checklist to assist municipalities in planning for infill and scattered site development. The checklist contains guidance from the beginning steps, such as identifying properties with redevelopment potential to engaging the community. The document also contains a checklist to present tools to help municipalities create and implement streamlined project review protocols to encourage economic development while still protecting the environment.
*This document was prepared with funds provided by the New Y..
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City of San Diego Abatement of Vacant Structures Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
California
Municipal
The City of San Diego, California, enacted an ordinance requiring that vacant and boarded buildings immediately be rehabilitated because they pose several risks to the community including: facilitating illegal activity, creation of fire hazards, and threatening general public health and safety.
The Director of the Neighborhood Code Compliance Department or any other Director authorized by the City Manager may enforce the ordinance. Violations of the ordinance result in misdemeanors, injunctive relief, or civil damages. Upon the Director’..
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City of Portland Demolition or Repair of Derelict Buildings Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Oregon
Municipal
Portland, Oregon, enacted an ordinance that requires the destruction, repair, rehabilitation, or removal of any dangerous or derelict structure. Derelict structures are usually identified by the Director of the Bureau of Development Services and include, but are not limited to structures that are boarded, vacant, or unsecured, and previously had a public nuisance abated by the city. A property violates the ordinance until it has been lawfully occupied, demolished and regraded under proper permit, or the owner has proved to the Director that t..
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City of Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Pennsylvania
Municipal
The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Legislature enacted an ordinance called the Property Maintenance Code. The ordinance requires that all vacant premises be kept in a sanitary, safe, and secure manner. All entranceways, such as windows and doors, must be maintained in good repair and secured, not boarded. Failure to keep building entranceways secure will result in an unsafe building designation.
Upon an unsafe designation by the Building Department, notice shall be served upon the registered owner ordering compliance with the ordinance. Owner..
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City of Minneapolis Demolition of Vacant Properties Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Minnesota
Municipal
Minnesota state statues allow cities to enact ordinances to handle the problems associated with hazardous and vacant buildings. In turn, the Minneapolis legislature enacted a statute authorizing the city to rehabilitate or demolish buildings to enhance livability, preserve the tax base, and abate public nuisances created by these buildings.
The ordinance allows the director of inspections to secure vacant and hazardous buildings and serve notice on the property owner. If the owner fails to reply within six days, the director may authoriz..
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City of Baltimore Special Tax Sale Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Maryland
Municipal
The Maryland State Legislature enacted House Bill 743 in 2000. This Bill created a procedure known as a special tax sale in Baltimore, Maryland. Upon a commitment by a purchaser to quickly foreclose and redevelop properties, the City may package vacant properties in a tax lien sale, setting the minimum bid prices less than the full amount of payments owed on the property, including unpaid taxes, fines and penalties assessed on the unpaid taxes, and the costs incurred in making the sale. If the purchaser fails to comply with the stipulations ..
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City of Greensboro Repairing Buildings for Human Inhabitation Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
North Carolina
Municipal
The North Carolina Legislature enacted a statute for the City of Greensboro allowing the local legislature to assign a public officer authority to serve complaints upon the owner/party in interest of homes that do not meet the minimum standards of their housing code. Before issuing a complaint, the public officer must be notified by at least five residents of the breach of the housing code. The complaint shall notify that owner/party in interest that they have 10-30 days to schedule a public meeting, and that they have the right to file an an..
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District of Columbia Quick Acquisition of Abandoned & Nuisance Property
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
State: Not Applicable
Municipal
The District of Columbia enacted the Quick Acquisition of Abandoned and Nuisance Property Act. This act provides the Mayor authority to file petition in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to alleviate nuisance and blight conditions on abandoned properties. The petition may seek to condemn, take possession, or take title to abandoned properties. Upon filing petition, the Mayor must deposit with the court, fair market value of the abandoned property and file notice of the petition with the recorder of deeds. If the fair market val..
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City of Chicago Vacant Buildings Registration Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Illinois
Municipal
The city of Chicago, Illinois, enacted an ordinance requiring owners of vacant buildings to perform several tasks within 30 days of the building’s vacancy. These tasks include: enclosing and securing the building; posting a sign on the building providing the owner’s and his or her agent’s contact information; acquiring substantial liability insurance for the building and; registering the vacant building with the Department of Buildings. This registration last for six months and costs $250. If the building remains vacant at the end of the si..
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Village of Bellwood Neighborhood Preservation Program
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Illinois
Municipal
The Village of Bellwood passed an ordinance creating a Neighborhood Preservation Program in an effort to prevent the deterioration and abandonment of housing in traditional neighborhoods; preserve, coordinate, and concentrate maintenance efforts in designated areas; promote private investment in housing in those neighborhoods; and promote community involvement in all such activities. The Program sets forth six (6) criteria under which an area is eligible for designation as a Neighborhood Preservation Area, including but not limited to: where t..
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City of Baltimore Vacant Building Receivership Ordinance
Date Added: Saturday, April 15, 2017Vacant & Distressed Properties
Maryland
Municipal
Baltimore, Maryland, enacted an ordinance granting a Building Official authority to petition the Court for appointment of a receiver to raze, rehabilitate, or sell a vacant building. The petition must include: a copy of the original notice and order to rehabilitate; affirmation by affidavit that the rehabilitation has not yet been completed; and the identity of the proposed receiver (if it is not the Building Officer).
As an alternative to assigning a receiver, the Court may appoint an owner, mortgagee, or other person in interest to the ..
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