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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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March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #31 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement charges on blighted properties

Property owners will be billed for city-ordered weed removal on their land. Assessment amounts and affected addresses are listed in the resolution.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #57 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will receive special assessments to cover the cost of removing noxious weeds from their land. The city is recovering expenses from a 2018 abatement order.

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

Special assessment: property owners billed for weed abatement

Property owners will receive bills to cover city costs of removing noxious weeds from their land. Unpaid assessments may become liens on affected properties.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement (Resolution 2649-18)

Property owners with noxious weeds will be assessed cleanup costs. Check your property address to see if you owe.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessment levied on properties

Property owners flagged for noxious weeds may face cleanup costs recovered through special assessment. Details on affected properties and amounts to be determined at hearing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement costs billed to property owners

City is charging property owners for the cost of removing noxious weeds from their land, as ordered in 2018. Check the hearing notice to see if your property is affected and to contest the charges if needed.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement assessments levied on properties citywide

Property owners may face charges for clearing noxious weeds from their land, following enforcement action first authorized in 2018. Check your property address to see if you're affected.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on city properties

Properties declared blighted in 2018 now face cost recovery charges for weed removal work performed by the city. Property owners will receive bills for abatement expenses.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment on properties for weed abatement

Council is levying charges against specific properties to recover costs of clearing noxious or dangerous weeds. Property owners may owe cleanup fees.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on unnamed properties

Property owners face a new special assessment to cover the city's cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. The specific properties affected are not named in this agenda item.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will be assessed for cleanup costs under authority of a 2017 council resolution. Affected property owners should expect a billing notice.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement

Property owners will receive bills for city weed-removal costs on their land. The amount and which properties are affected depend on the specific parcels listed (details cut off in this item).

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 1, 2022 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Remove inoperable vehicle: costs charged to registered owner

City removes abandoned or broken-down vehicle as public nuisance; owner pays removal costs assessed against their property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 1, 2022 · Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City removes inoperable vehicle as public nuisance

Abandoned or inoperable vehicles are cleared from neighborhoods to reduce blight and safety hazards. Removal costs are billed to the vehicle owner.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
March 1, 2022 · Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Inoperable vehicle removed as public nuisance; owner assessed costs

City removes an abandoned or non-running vehicle from a neighborhood. The owner will be billed for removal and abatement costs.

Counterparty: registered owner of the vehicle Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition
March 1, 2022 · Item number:Item #8 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement liens placed on nuisance properties

City removes overgrown weeds and bills property owners for cleanup costs; unpaid bills become liens on the properties.

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

City recovers $14,468 demolition cost from 813 50th Street property

Property owner at 813 50th Street North will be assessed $14,468 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building. This special assessment becomes a lien on the property until paid.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 813 50th Street North, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #32 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $11K

City assesses $10,621.60 against 717 Buffalo Street for demolition costs

Property owner at 717 Buffalo Street in Wylam will be charged $10,621.60 through a special assessment to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the site.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 717 Buffalo Street Wylam, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Special assessment: $7,234 demolition cost against 5913 Martin Luther Ave

Property owner at 5913 Martin Luther Avenue will be charged $7,234 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 5913 Martin Luther Avenue Roosevelt City, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Special demolition assessment: $7,086 against 704 Antwerp Ave

Property owner at 704 Antwerp Avenue will owe $7,086 to cover the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building—a charge that will attach to the property deed unless paid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 704 Antwerp Avenue, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #44 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

City clears $6,444 demolition debt for university property

The city is forgiving a $6,444 demolition cost charged to the University's property at 916 20th Street South after an unsafe structure was torn down. The property owner no longer owes the assessment.

Counterparty: The Board of Trustees of The University Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 916 20th Street South
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #36 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Property owner billed $6,214 for demolition of unsafe building at 3925 41st Ave

Your property tax bill may increase if you own 3925 41st Avenue North; the city is charging the full demolition cost as a special assessment against the land.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3925 41st Avenue North, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Property owner charged $5,875.60 for unsafe building demolition

Property at 3925 39th Avenue North will be demolished as unsafe; cost recovered through special assessment against the owner.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3925 39th Avenue North, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

City recovers $5,325 demolition cost from property owner at 1901 19th Court Nort

Property owner at 1901 19th Court North will be billed $5,325.12 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The charge becomes a special assessment against the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1901 19th Court North, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #35 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Property owner billed $5,176 for demolition at 4446 45th Ave N

City demolishes unsafe building and charges the property owner for the cost. The $5,176 assessment becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 4446 45th Avenue North, Birmingham
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