§ 56-571 — Purpose

Sec. 56-571. - Purpose.

The purpose of this article is: (1) To identify those properties in the city that are vacant or foreclosing and to gain contact information for code enforcement and emergency situations; and (2) To protect neighborhoods from becoming blighted through the lack of adequate maintenance and security of vacant properties and foreclosing properties; and (3) To address the active costs that unmanaged vacancy imposes on surrounding properties, neighborhoods, and the broader community; and (4) To encourage property owners to return vacant properties to productive use by establishing a semiannual registration fee structure that makes continued vacancy less economically attractive than rehabilitation, sale, or other active reuse; and (5) To ensure that the costs of inspecting and monitoring vacant properties are offset by fees assessed against the owners of those properties, rather than subsidized by the public.

(Ord. No. 260401, § 1, 7-30-26)