Prevention of Vacant Lots Downtown

Winter 2011.
The city council voted to put more teeth in the ordinance to prevent the demolition of downtown buildings without building permits and financing for the replacement buildings. Obviously, we can undo the tear downs that scar our downtown, we can stop this from happening again.

June 2008.
Councilman Nurse proposed a change in permitting aimed at preventing the tear
downs of properties downtown unless the new buildings are going to follow quickly. Currently, there are large parts of several blocks downtown where projects were announced,the existing homes and businesses torn down, and then the project went bust. The change is being drafted by the legal department to only allow the tear downs once the developer has approved building plans and evidence of financing.