PLACEMENT: Public Hearings
TITLE:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE CREATING ARTICLE 29, REGISTRATION OF DEFAULTED PROPERTY OF CHAPTER 21, BUILDING AND HOUSING REGULATIONS, GENERAL ORDINANCES, MARTIN COUNTY CODE, REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REAL PROPERTY IN DEFAULT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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The Board of County Commissioners ("Board") is requested to adopt the proposed Ordinance to require the registration and maintenance of real property in default throughout the unincorporated area of Martin County.
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DEPARTMENT: Building
PREPARED BY: Name: Dawn Matias
Title: Business Operations Manager
REQUESTED BY: Larry Massing, Director
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Presently in Martin County, there are approximately 566 active foreclosures with 420 filings within the last two years. Some of these properties are vacant and can or have become active code enforcement actions. Many of these cases become an eye sore to the community along with accruing liens, until a new buyer purchases the property and facilitates compliance. This Ordinance will require the mortgage holders to register these properties allowing Code Enforcement to identify all stakeholders including property managers and require them to inspect, maintain and secure property which will resolve code violations in a more efficient and timely manner.
ISSUES:
None
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This is a legislative matter. Legislative decisions are those in which the local government formulates policy rather than applying specific rules to a particular situation. A local government's approval or denial of an issue in its legislative capacity is typically subject to a fairly debatable standard of review. Fairly debatable means that the government's action must be upheld if reasonable minds could differ as to the propriety of the decision reached. Decisions subject to the fairly debatable standard of re...
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