ORDINANCE NO. 260724, AS AMENDED
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Sponsor: Councilmember Wesley Rogers
Repealing Ordinance No. 260667, As Amended; appropriating up to $500,000.00 from the Unappropriated Fund Balance of the Housing Trust Fund, Fund No. 2490 from funds previously appropriated for conducting emergency repairs to 135 N. Lawn Avenue, 132 N. Lawn Avenue, and/or 148 N. Lawn Avenue pursuant to such aforementioned ordinance; directing the City Manager to continue to exercise discretion provided under City Code to address conditions at these properties that violate such Code and threaten public safety, including but not limited to considering any and all applicable enforcement measures available under the Code and exploring an agreement with the new owner of such properties to repair or otherwise remedy such violations while obtaining sufficient representations and warranties, including but not limited to tenant relocation and return rights as allowed by law from the new owner and assuring compliance with the Tenant's Bill of Rights, and that permit City to abate any such conditions and secure protections necessary for the City to recover its costs therefor; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, on July 23, 2026, the Council passed Ordinance No. 260667, As Amended, which, in part, directed the City Manager to exercise his discretion consistent with the Code by investigating and potentially pursuing City Code enforcement to address conditions that may present immediate, emergency risks to public safety at three residential properties in the City where tenants apparently still reside, 135 N. Lawn Avenue, 132 N. Lawn Avenue and 148 N. Lawn Avenue, and included a $500,000 appropriation from the Housing Trust Fund to fund potential City repair of such conditions that the City Manager deemed warranted and feasible; and
WHEREAS, the City has taken enforcement actions toward these properties, which have since been conveyed to a ne...
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