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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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February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special demolition assessment on blighted property at 3048 Avenue T

Unsafe building demolished; owner charged $5,123.60 to cover removal cost. Property cleared for potential redevelopment.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3048 Avenue T, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #34 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,023 demolition cost billed to 3213 32nd St N

Property owner at 3213 32nd Street North will be billed $5,023 for the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 3213 32nd Street North, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #37 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $5,017 demolition cost for 2621 41st Ave N

Property owner at 2621 41st Avenue North will be charged $5,016.60 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the lot.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 2621 41st Avenue North, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $4K

City assesses $4,484 demolition cost to 1018 Cahaba Street property

Property owner at 1018 Cahaba Street will be charged $4,484 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the lot. The charge will be assessed as a special tax against the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1018 Cahaba Street, Birmingham
February 22, 2022 · Item number:Item #55 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 98 properties public nuisance for noxious weeds

Property owners must clear weeds or face enforcement action and potential abatement costs. Helps eliminate neighborhood blight and public health hazards.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: special assessment on blighted properties

City assesses property owners for costs to remove noxious weeds from their land. Owners who don't comply face liens or additional costs.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment against multiple properties

Property owners may face tax assessments to cover city costs for removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. Specific properties and amounts are listed in the full resolution.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement on multiple properties

Property owners may face costs to remove noxious weeds declared dangerous by the city; unpaid assessments could result in liens or further action.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: city to clear nuisances, assess costs as liens

City will remove overgrown weeds and nuisances from blighted properties and charge the cleanup costs to property owners as tax liens. Property owners can appeal the assessment at a public hearing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement

Property owners may face costs for city-ordered weed removal on their land. Details on affected properties and assessment amounts are not fully disclosed in this summary.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #15 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: Weed abatement charges set for noxious properties

Property owners may face special assessments to cover city costs of clearing dangerous weeds from their land. Charges tie back to 2019 council declaration.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on unspecified properties

Property owners may face cost recovery charges for city-ordered weed removal on their land. The specific parcels affected are not listed in this summary.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement

Property owners will owe special assessments to cover city costs of clearing noxious weeds from their land, as authorized by the 2018 weed ordinance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will face special assessments to cover costs of clearing noxious weeds from their land. Failure to pay may result in tax liens or forced sale.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: Weed abatement charges against blighted properties

Property owners may face charges to recover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. Affected properties were declared blighted under a prior resolution from October 2017.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement special assessment hearing set

Property owners will have a chance to dispute special assessments for weed removal on their lots. Those who don't abate weeds themselves may face city liens and costs.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement

Property owners will receive bills to cover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as previously declared by city code.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment approved for weed abatement

Property owners may face bills for city-ordered weed removal on their land. This hearing addresses outstanding assessments tied to the 2018 abatement order.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious weeds face special assessments; costs recover city abatement work ordered in 2019.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #17 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: property owners charged for weed abatement

Property owners will receive a special tax bill to cover the cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as ordered under a 2017 council decision.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City assesses weed abatement costs to property owners

Property owners may face bills for noxious weed removal on their land. The city charges abatement costs back to owners whose properties violate the ordinance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 15, 2022 · Item number:Item #13 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement costs

Property owners face charges to recover city weed-removal costs from June 2019 enforcement action. Assessment details and affected properties listed in resolution.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 8, 2022 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 84 properties with dangerous weeds a public nuisance

Owners of these properties must remove weeds or face enforcement action. Noxious weeds can spread to neighboring yards and create health or fire hazards.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 1, 2022 · Item number:Item #15 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City removes inoperable vehicle as public nuisance

Abandoned cars are removed from residential areas to reduce blight and safety hazards. Removal costs are charged to the vehicle's registered owner.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
February 1, 2022 · Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: City to clear nuisances, assess costs as property liens

City will remove overgrown weeds and debris from blighted properties and charge owners for the work. Costs become liens against those properties until paid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
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