(A) Owners of vacant property subject to this chapter shall be required to register such property with the Program Administrator, on forms provided by the Program Administrator, if the property has been vacant for 180 days or longer. If the Program Administrator is aware of a property that has been vacant for 180 days or longer which has not been registered by the owner, the Program Administrator shall notify the owner, by first-class United States mail, of the owner’s obligation to register the property within 15 days. If after 15 days the owner has failed to register the vacant property, the Program Administrator is authorized to register the vacant property for the owner by completing the registration form on behalf of the owner.
(B) A vacant property registration form shall be in either paper or electronic form, and the following information shall be required:
(1) The name, street address, mailing address, telephone number and, if applicable, the facsimile number and email address of the property owner and his or her agent;
(2) The street address and parcel identification number of the vacant property;
(3) The transfer date of the instrument conveying the property to the owner; and
(4) The date on which the property became vacant.
(C) The property owner, 180 days after initial registration of the vacant property pursuant to division (A) above or 360 days after the property becomes vacant, whichever is sooner, shall be required to pay an initial registration fee. The property owner shall also be required to pay supplemental registration fees at intervals every six months thereafter for as long as the property remains on the vacant property registration database.
(1) The initial registration fee shall be $250 for a residential property and $1,000 for a commercial property.
(2) The supplemental registration fee shall be double the amount of the previous fee and shall be paid six months after the date the initial registration fee is due. The supplemental registration fee shall automatically double at intervals every six months thereafter until reaching a maximum supplemental registration fee of ten times the initial registration fee amount.
(3) The Program Administrator shall give notice to the vacant property owner of a schedule of maximum supplemental registration fees should the property remain on the registry.
(Ord. 2022-3, passed 10-4-2022)