ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and the Community Development Director with a request to RECEIVE AND FILE a REPORT about Non-Owner Occupied Registration.
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BACKGROUND: Councilman Kelly requested a report back on the impact of the non-owner occupied registration fee.
Timeline of Non-Owner Occupied Property Registration in the city of Peoria
1995 - A one-time, annual registration fee was established. The fee was $25 per parcel ID.
2009- City Council changed the registration requirement to an annual registration fee for owning non-owner occupied property.
2011- City Council raised the registration fee but offered a discount to property owners who attended a two-hour educational seminar hosted by the Community Development Department. The fee was $50 for those who did not attend the training and $25 for those who did.
2015 - Registration fee was increased to $75 for those who attended the training and $150 for those who did not attend. The funds went into the general fund and allowed for the following expenditure increases in the general fund:
* Newly created Residential Police Officer position. (Center Bluff)
* Increased funding for vacant lot clearance.? This program removed remaining scrub trees and shrubs, old fences, remaining foundations, and other visual blight.
* Increased frequency of City and Trustee lot cutting.? By increasing the number of cuts per year, vacant lots maintained by the City were no longer a visually blighting influence on neighborhoods.
* Increased technology and tools for Code Enforcement.? The use of technology to offset the reduction in Code Enforcement staff helped to increase productivity and responsiveness.
* Increased funding for board-ups.? Additional funds not only allowed for more board-ups but allowed the City to explore the utilization of more secure and/or appropriate board-up materials, thus reducing the overall blighting influence of boarded windows and doors.
* Increase...
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