TO: Planning Commissioners
FROM: Beth Lindauer, Community Development Director
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CONSIDERATION OF A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION OF A VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION AND MAINTENANCE ORDINANCE
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RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
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Adopt Resolution 2026-18 recommending that the City Council approve the proposed Vacant Commercial Property Registration and Maintenance Ordinance.
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SUMMARY:
The proposed Vacant Commercial Property Registration and Maintenance Ordinance would establish a local registration and enforcement program for qualifying vacant commercial properties located within the City of Red Bluff. The ordinance is intended to address the negative impacts associated with long-term vacant commercial properties, including deterioration, blight, trespassing, vandalism, illegal dumping, public safety concerns, and increased demands on City services.
DISCUSSION:
At the direction of the Planning Commission, revisions (in red font of draft) have been made to the previously proposed Vacant Commercial Property Registration and Maintenance Ordinance to clarify its applicability and intent. The amendments include additional language emphasizing that the ordinance is intended to identify and monitor vacant commercial properties that present a heightened risk of deterioration, blight, nuisance activity, or increased demands on City services, and is not intended to require registration of vacant commercial properties that remain secure, well maintained, and in compliance with applicable laws.
The revisions also establish an administrative exemption process, allowing the Community Development Director to exempt qualifying vacant commercial properties from the registration requirement when they meet specified maintenance, security, and code compliance standards. The proposed ordinance would require owners of vacant commercial properties to register the property with the City within one hundred eighty (180)...
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