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Extension of Fee Waiver & Fee Modification for the Registered Vacant Building at 2130 IVY AVENUE EAST.
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WHEREAS, in the matter of an extension of the Vacant Building Fee Waiver & Fee Modification for the Registered Vacant Building at 2130 Ivy Avenue East, the Legislative Hearing Officer has reviewed the matter of the Vacant Building Fee Waiver relative to the pending ownership transfer from the U.S. Veteran's Administration to Julie Walters-Lee; and
WHEREAS. a 90-day Vacant Building Registration Fee Waiver to March 29, 2024 was granted to Ms. Lee In Council File RLH VBR 24-3, said waiver allowing that permits may be pulled for work at the property without prior payment of the fee and that if the Certificate of Code Compliance were to have been issued by March 29, 2024, no Vacant Building Registration fee and bill would have been forthcoming; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Veteran's Administration currently is the fee simple owner of the property, which was demonstrated to the City on April 3, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Hearing Officer recommends that the CIty Council give consideration to the prospective owner with a pending closing on the property May 1, 2024;
WHEREAS, the Legislative Hearing Officer recommends that the CIty Council grant an additional 90-day waiver to June 29, 2024 allowing that permits may be pulled for work at the property without prior payment of the fee and that if the Certificate of Code Compliance is issued by June 29, 2024, no Vacant Building Registration fee will be forthcoming; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Hearing Officer recommends that if a Certificate of Code Compliance is not issued by June 29, 2024, that the CIty Council direct the Department of Safety and Inspections to issue a bill for Vacant Building fee for the time period of May 1, 2024 (or the closing date of the property's sale) to December 28, 2024, estimated currently to be $3,300, with the Legislative Hearing Officer noting that if an unpaid Registere...
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