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RESOLUTION CREATING A VACANT BUILDING REGISTRATION FUND WITHIN THE CITY'S SPECIAL PROJECTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUND AND COMMITTING CERTAIN RESOURCES FOR COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMOVAL OF BLIGHT FROM ABANDONED AND/OR DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES, AND THE ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE BUILDINGS.
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CITY PROPOSAL: WHEREAS, the City receives vacant building registration fees from owners of residential property which meet the registration criteria listed in Article II, Section 10-3 of the Legislative Code.
WHEREAS, the City desires to establish a dedicated fund within the Special Projects Fund to pay for costs associated with enforcement of codes related to solid waste compliance and minimum standards for residential properties.
WHEREAS, Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement #54 requires the City Council to take action to commit resources for a designated purpose.
THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Duluth City Council that a Vacant Building Registration Fund be created within the City's Special Projects Special Revenue Fund 210-030-3137 (Special Projects Fund, Finance, Vacant Building Registration) to pay for costs associated with vacant buildings including removal of blight from exterior yard areas, securing property to trespass, facilitating remediation for homeowners struggling with hoarding issues or other maintenance issues and collaborating with the building official on the demolition of condemned structures.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Duluth City Council that revenues from vacant building registration fees be committed as the funding source for the newly created vacant building registration fund.
Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution creates a vacant building registration fund to pay for boarding up of abandoned properties, to assist with clean-up related to hoarding, to remove blight from exterior yard areas and to assist the code official in paying for the demolition of condemned structures. Based on hi...
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