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Blight Accountability

Birmingham council actions holding owners of vacant or blighted structures accountable for the condition of their property.

Volume timeline

Blight Accountability — items per month

Indexed so far 4737 items in last 80 months
Total dollars $9.0M where disclosed
Notice: Hatched months are still being indexed (29.1% of agenda items processed so far).
20 10 0 2022-01-01: 128 items, $320,293 2022-02-01: 60 items, $173,328 2022-03-01: 83 items, $75,082 2022-04-01: 66 items, $190,752 2022-05-01: 118 items, $150,742 2022-06-01: 77 items, $60,180 2022-07-01: 93 items, $256,589 2022-08-01: 53 items, $292,200 2022-09-01: 82 items, $164,512 2022-10-01: 54 items, $55,690 2022-11-01: 66 items, $189,517 2022-12-01: 25 items, $64,785 2023-01-01: 37 items, $188,291 2023-02-01: 94 items, $185,881 2023-03-01: 41 items, $133,802 2023-04-01: 92 items, $397,476 2023-05-01: not indexed yet 2023-06-01: not indexed yet 2023-07-01: not indexed yet 2023-08-01: not indexed yet 2023-09-01: not indexed yet 2023-10-01: not indexed yet 2023-11-01: not indexed yet 2023-12-01: not indexed yet 2024-01-01: 50 items, $771,986 2024-02-01: 49 items 2024-03-01: 44 items 2024-04-01: 11 items, $4,097 2024-05-01: 46 items 2024-06-01: 34 items 2024-07-01: 72 items, $184,735 2024-08-01: 61 items 2024-09-01: 70 items, $339,207 2024-10-01: 65 items, $24,883 2024-11-01: 3 items 2024-12-01: 82 items, $69,000 2025-01-01: 54 items 2025-02-01: 46 items 2025-03-01: 38 items 2025-04-01: 82 items, $233,214 2025-05-01: 44 items 2025-06-01: 36 items, $110,000 2025-07-01: 115 items, $654,669 2025-08-01: 118 items 2025-09-01: 86 items 2025-10-01: 120 items 2025-11-01: 50 items 2025-12-01: 106 items 2026-01-01: 94 items 2026-02-01: 27 items 2026-03-01: 127 items 2026-04-01: 53 items 2026-05-01: 80 items, $50,350 2026-06-01: not indexed yet 2026-07-01: not indexed yet 2026-08-01: not indexed yet 2026-09-01: not indexed yet 2026-10-01: not indexed yet 2026-11-01: not indexed yet 2026-12-01: not indexed yet 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #43 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will be charged to cover abatement costs. The assessment amounts and affected properties are listed separately on this agenda item.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties

Properties with noxious or dangerous weeds face special assessments to cover city cleanup costs. Property owners will receive bills for the abatement work.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #65 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Demolition order issued for unsafe building at 409 4th Court North

City has determined this structure is unsafe and a public nuisance, and will demolish it. Removes a hazardous property from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 409 4th Court North, Birmingham
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds face a special assessment bill to cover city abatement costs. This enforces the 2018 weed-abatement order.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment hearing scheduled

Property owners may face charges to cover city costs for removing noxious weeds from their land. Affected homeowners have the right to be heard at a public hearing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessment levied on properties

Property owners will receive a special assessment bill to cover city costs of removing noxious weeds from their land, as authorized under a 2017 council resolution.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #41 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on unspecified properties

Property owners may face new charges to cover city costs for removing noxious weeds from their land. The assessment relates to properties declared problematic under a 2018 city decision.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #40 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: property owners charged for weed abatement

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds declared hazardous in 2018 face special assessments to cover abatement costs. Check your property records if you received prior notice.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds face a special tax assessment to cover abatement costs. The city will hold a hearing for affected property owners to be heard.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on affected properties

Homeowners with noxious or dangerous weeds may face special assessments added to their property tax bills to cover abatement costs declared by the city in 2018.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #44 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement liens on multiple properties

Property owners may owe special assessments if the city cleared weeds from their land under a 2019 program. This decision determines the final charges.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #62 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City demolishes unsafe building at 402 14th Court North

Property deemed unsafe and a public nuisance will be removed, clearing a blighted site in the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 402 14th Court North, Birmingham
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement

Property owners face charges to cover city costs for clearing noxious weeds from their land, as ordered in 2018.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement

Property owners will receive bills to pay for city-ordered removal of noxious weeds. Affected properties are identified by prior council resolution from 2017.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will be charged a special assessment to cover city abatement costs. This follows the city's 2019 declaration and applies to properties that failed to comply with cleanup orders.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds may face special assessment charges. This follows the city's 2018 declaration of blight and allows the city to recover weed-removal costs from responsible parties.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners facing special assessments must pay for weed removal on their land; exact properties and amounts not detailed in agenda summary.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #46 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement on multiple properties

Property owners will face charges to cover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. The assessment is tied to an earlier city declaration and hearing process.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 21, 2022 · Item number:Item #31 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement on multiple properties

Property owners will face a special assessment bill to cover city costs for removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. The assessment follows a 2018 council declaration authorizing weed abatement action.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 14, 2022 · Item number:Item #8 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement on blighted properties; liens to be assessed

City will clear overgrown weeds and nuisances on abandoned properties and bill owners through property liens. Cleans up neighborhoods while shifting cleanup costs to negligent property owners.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 14, 2022 · Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 447 properties with noxious weeds a public nuisance

Properties flagged for weed abatement will receive notice and face enforcement action if owners don't clear vegetation. Affects 447 parcels across the city.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 14, 2022 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City routes weed-abatement assessments through property tax bills

Property owners with unpaid weed-abatement charges will see those costs added to their tax bills and collected by the county, simplifying enforcement of code violations on overgrown lots.

Counterparty: Tax Collector of Jefferson County Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
June 7, 2022 · Item number:Item #41 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $9K

City charges $8,778 demolition cost to 1842 Steiner Avenue

Property owner at 1842 Steiner Avenue will be assessed $8,778 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building. The cost becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 1842 Steiner Avenue, Birmingham
June 7, 2022 · Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Special assessment: $6,510 demolition cost at 1914 15th Court North

Property owner at 1914 15th Court North will receive a bill for $6,510 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 1914 - 15th Court North, Birmingham
June 7, 2022 · Item number:Item #43 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Property owner billed $5,978 for unsafe building demolition

The owner of 217 3rd Avenue South will be charged $5,978.20 to cover the city's cost to demolish the unsafe structure on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 217 - 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham
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