Vacant Commercial Property Registration Ordinance

At a glance

  • What: General Ordinance 24-26, which would require registration of vacant commercial properties.
  • Where it stands: On October 20 amendments passed, but motions both to advance the ordinance as amended and to deny it failed 5-7, and it was referred back to Protection and Policy 10-2 after six public speakers.
  • Next: Return to Protection and Policy; no date is posted in the records read.

Details

  • See the Log for the meeting-by-meeting record.

Sources

Log

2026-10-20 - Common Council

  • General Ordinance 24-26 (vacant commercial property registration): amendments passed (11-1 and 10-2), then a motion to advance as amended failed 5-7 and a motion to deny also failed 5-7; the ordinance was referred back to Protection and Policy 10-2. Six members of the public spoke.

2026-10-12 - Protection and Policy Committee

  • Agenda: possible action on General Ordinance 24-26 creating section 8-277 of the Municipal Code on vacant commercial properties (PC-26-15).