Blight committee ponders razing sound structures --

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Live blogging from deep inside the blight committee

Neighborhood/Human Blight committee.  Jason Teal first speaker about 2014-427.  Legislation that says houses that are boarded and w/o utilities for 24mo SHALL be torn down

Concern he has about legislation is that if local gov is going to abate they must use lightest touch possible. 

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Questioning the conflict between 427 and mothball ordinance

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Jason teal:

Says he's looking at this as equal protection issue.   Fundamental issue with those in and out of historic district.

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Still Jason:

Handed out sheet taken from FL 163.340.  Suggests using one of the choices there that identify the ways a property is a drag on the neighborhood, instead of just boarded w/o utilities.

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Unsanitary or unsafe; deterioration.  higher rate of: vacancy rate; crime; fire or emergency calls; number of building code violations; tax or special assessment delinquency.

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"Must tie it to the evil you're trying to combat"

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Assigned to subcommittee (that met yesterday - wonder if it was a noticed meeting).  But CMs will comment now.  Jones wants to see mothball legislation and is working on defining historic.

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Anderson (who was also at yesterday's meeting) Lee want it to rake less than 2 years.

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Jason suggests that in section m add word blighted and create definition of word blighted.

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Anderson wants to look at appeals process. Teal says process already exists: Building codes adjustment board

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Teals says city is looking at changing that to show cause hearing before specisl magistrate, who's decision can be appealed to building codes adjustment board (bcab)

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 Love and Cressembeni just got here so Lee is recapping. 

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Bishop says we have property safety standards, what's different about this from what we already have

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Teal says it adds and defintion to unsafe structures.

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Bishop says someone can leave the country for 5years - board it and disconnect utilities, yet nothing structurally wrong with building.