SALISBURY – Officials are making progress in cleaning up Salisbury’s neighborhoods by taking charge of blighted property with irresponsible owners.
The Salisbury City Council approved an ordinance in first reading this week to add a chapter to the City Code to create a procedure under which the city may petition the Circuit Court for appointment of a receiver to rehabilitate, demolish or to sell vacant structures or lots.
“This is a receivership ordinance that has been kicked around in work session and discussed over and over again,” City Attorney Mark Tilghman said. “The purpose of this is to put one more tool really in the hands of the city to get rid of properties that are accumulating with large unpaid liens, properties that are unsafe for human habitation, and these are vacant properties, either a vacant structure or a vacant lot, which has basically become a nuisance. This would permit the Neighborhood Services Director to petition, to be appointed receiver for these properties, to take charge of it and to repair and/or sell the property when the time is appropriate.”
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I am behind this 100%.
ReplyDeletethe best tool for getting rid of blight is getting rid of democrats and liberals
ReplyDeleteThis should have been done years ago.Must be the owners are connected to the politicans somehow.
ReplyDeleteI agree with 2:44 PM. What do city residents do when authorities are called about residents that need to cut their grass but still nothing gets done.
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ReplyDeleteI am behind this 100%.
May 31, 2013 at 12:52 PM
How is the view?
We need JOBS THAT PAY NOT MORE GOVERMENT TAKE OVER
ReplyDeleteI second that 2:44only way they know to pay for grooffth is to build section 8 slums then tax to pay for more libtarded (welfare) grooffwth and slums..
ReplyDeleteSo, Jimmy tore down 2 buildings in town so far to "improve" the place. I guess he's going to "Improve" Salisbury until it looks like a good place to plant corn...
ReplyDeleteTo quote Debbie Campbell,we need to enforce the laws already on the books, the enforcement has never happened especially to rentals and abandoned buildings, the only ones the laws are enforced for is the home owners that live in THEIR HOMES.
ReplyDeleteWe can't trust code and compliance as it is, how do we trust them as receivership over someone else's property? This is just another scheme of Ireton's to gain more land for his realtor backers. Beware of this wolf in sheep's clothing. Sometimes all that glitters really isn't gold. There is more to this than cleaning up properties.
ReplyDeletewell I hope none are in an historic zone!
ReplyDelete7:08. yeah gov't takeover. & the banks want "it" all.
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