CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
Memo Date: March 26, 2024.
Agenda Date: April 23, 2024.
Prepared By: Darla Crowl, (Code Enforcement Coordinator)
Through: Evander Collier IV, (Police Chief)
Requested Action:
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Approve the current Code Enforcement Lien for the property located at 215 Riverside Dr, be reduced to $50,000.00 as recommended by the Code Enforcement Board.
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BACKGROUND:
CASE # 23-767
In general, Section 6-707 of the City Code provides that the City considers the following factors when reviewing a code lien reduction application:
(1) The gravity of the violation;
(2) The time in which it took the violator to come into compliance;
(3) The accrued amount of the code enforcement fine or lien;
(4) Any previous or subsequent code violations;
(5) Any financial hardship; and
(6) Any other mitigating circumstance which may warrant the reduction or satisfaction of the penalty or fine.
After a recommendation has been rendered by the code enforcement board, the
city council may approve, approve with conditions, or deny the application to satisfy or release of lien. If the city council approves the application to satisfy or release the lien and the approval is conditioned upon the violator paying a reduced penalty, fine, or any other condition, the satisfaction or release of lien shall not be prepared or recorded until the condition(s) placed by the council have been satisfied. The violator shall have thirty (30) days in which to comply with the conditions imposed by the city council. Failure of the violator to comply will result in the automatic denial of the application for satisfaction or release of lien. If the application is denied or if the application is automatically denied due to the failure of the violator to comply with the conditions imposed by the city council, the violator shall thereafter be barred from applying for a subsequent reduction or forgiveness of the lien for a period of one (1) year from the date of denial. During the o...
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