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PROPOSED VACANT
PROPERTY ACQUISITON FOLICY
A. Purpose
To encourage homeownership, to develop new housing
within the City, and to encourage the filling in of
vacant lots scattered throughout the City.
B. Acquisition
1. Offered Land
It will be the intent of the City to evaluate all
lots that are offered by the State or private
parties with the intent to purchase.
2. Purposes of acquisition
a) To encourage the building of new homes
within the City.
b) To ease overcrowding by disposing of part
lots and combining them with other part
lots.
c) To encourage ownership of vacant property of
small unbuildable lots to adjoining property
owners.
C. Property given to the City
1. Acceptance
The City will take any property that is
environmentally sound that-a person wishes to
give to the City, provided it has no liens or
taxes owed.
a) Any property which the City Commission
determines a possible future use for may be
accepted
RC
After receiving the property, the LRC shall
evaluate each parcel and shall recommend a
disposition for each parcel to the City
Commission using the following criteria
a) If the City would have a future or present.
need for a public purpose, it shall not be
offered for sale.
b) If the vacant parcel was originally part of
another lot, it shall be offered to the
other part lot owner at a nominal fee and,
if accepted, it shall be combined with the
buyer's property as one deed.
c) If it was not part of
another lot and it is
less than 40 ft in width, or it is not a
buildable lot, then it shall be offered to
the adjoining property owners. As each
owner receives property, it shall be
combined into one parcel with his or her
parcel.
d) If it is a buildable lot, the City shall
offer it for sale to anyone that will build
on it within one year, except if the lot is
40 ft or more in width and the adjoining
lots are less than 40 ft, it may be split
and sold to the
adjoining property owner,
provided they are combined into one parcel
with their parcel.
e) If it is acreage, the LRC shall evaluate the
parcel to determine if there will be a
future need for this property for the City,
and it shall have no future use, the City
shall have it appraised and shall offer it
for the appraised amount.
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