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Blight Accountability

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

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Blight Accountability — items per month

Indexed so far 4738 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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August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #61 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $8K

City recovers demolition costs: $7,595 special assessment on Wylam property

Property owner at 4814 5th Avenue receives a bill for $7,595 to cover the city's cost of tearing down an unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien on the property if unpaid.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 4814 - 5th Avenue Wylam, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #60 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $7K

Special assessment: $7,210 for demolition at 568 Antwerp Court

Property owner at 568 Antwerp Court is charged $7,210.08 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The owner can pay the assessment or dispute it.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 568 Antwerp Court, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #50 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Special demolition charge: $5,782 for unsafe building at 5420 12th Ave

Property owner at 5420 12th Avenue in Wylam must pay $5,782.40 to cover the city's cost to tear down an unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien on the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 5420 - 12th Avenue Wylam, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #53 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $6K

Special demolition assessment: $5,700 charged to 1404 Cresthill Road

Property owner at 1404 Cresthill Road will be charged $5,699.68 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on the site. The cost is recovered through a special assessment against the property.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1404 Cresthill Road, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #55 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $4,988 demolition cost for unsafe building at 6305 3rd Ave N

Property owner at 6305 3rd Avenue North will be billed $4,988 for city demolition of an unsafe building. This creates a lien against the property until paid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 6305 - 3rd Avenue North, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #65 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $4,907.95 for emergency demolition at 2005-33rd Ave N

Property owner at 2005-33rd Avenue North will be billed $4,907.95 to recover the city's cost for emergency demolition of an unsafe building.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2005 - 33rd Avenue North, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #64 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $5K

Special assessment: $4,664 demolition cost at 3208 45th St SW

Property owner will be billed $4,664.16 to recover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien against the property.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 3208 - 45th Street S.W., Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #62 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $3K

Special assessment: $2,603.60 for demolition at 1924 Fresno Ave S.W.

Property owner will be billed $2,603.60 to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building on their lot at 1924 Fresno Avenue S.W.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 1924 Fresno Avenue S.W. aka 921 - 20th Street S.W., Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #72 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 176 weedy properties public nuisances, posts cleanup notice

Owners of these blighted properties will be required to remove noxious weeds or face city enforcement action. The city is using the public-nuisance process to trigger cleanup and potentially seize properties that remain neglected.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed-abatement assessment hearing scheduled

Property owners with noxious weeds will face special assessments to cover removal costs. Residents have a right to be heard at this hearing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment approved for weed abatement

Property owners will face assessment charges to cover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as authorized under a 2020 city ordinance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City condemns 388 3rd Street building as unsafe, orders demolition

Building declared a public nuisance and safety hazard; demolition will proceed. Removes blight and hazard from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 388 3rd Street, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #44 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City clears unsafe building at 1383 Edwards Street for demolition

An unsafe, abandoned structure in the Dolomite neighborhood will be torn down. Demolition removes a public nuisance and safety hazard.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 1383 Edwards Street
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #90 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of building at 212 6th Ave N

Building declared unsafe and public nuisance; demolition will proceed to address the hazard.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 212 - 6th Avenue North, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds face a special assessment to cover city abatement costs. This follows a 2018 declaration and a public hearing on the assessment amount.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment imposed on blighted properties

Property owners may owe special assessments to cover city costs for clearing noxious weeds. The charge is a lien on the property if unpaid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will receive bills to cover the city's cost of clearing noxious weeds from their land. Failure to pay the assessment may result in liens or additional city action.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessments on unspecified properties

Property owners may face tax assessments to cover city costs for clearing noxious weeds from their land. The hearing allows owners to contest the assessment before it becomes final.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #30 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement costs on multiple properties

Property owners will receive bills to cover costs of clearing noxious weeds from their land. The assessment follows a February 2018 Council decision to address dangerous overgrowth.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will receive bills for city-ordered weed removal on their neglected lots. Assessment amounts and affected addresses are set by this decision.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #41 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Building at 2214–15th Avenue North declared unsafe; demolition approved

Property at 2214–15th Avenue North will be demolished after being determined unsafe and a public nuisance, clearing a blighted structure from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 2214 - 15th Avenue North, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #46 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City demolishes unsafe building at 1759 Lee Avenue S.W.

The city will tear down a structure declared unsafe and a public nuisance. Demolition removes a hazard from the neighborhood.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 1759 Lee Avenue S.W., Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

Property owners in targeted areas may face added tax assessments to cover city costs of removing dangerous weeds. The assessment links back to a 2017 council decision declaring certain parcels in violation of nuisance ordinances.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #48 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 204 2nd Avenue South

Birmingham is demolishing a building deemed unsafe and a public nuisance. Removal of blighted structures improves neighborhood safety and clears land for future development or green space.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 204 - 2nd Avenue South, Birmingham
August 24, 2021 · Item number:Item #49 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 3925 Ellis Avenue unsafe; building demolition approved

An unsafe structure at 3925 Ellis Avenue will be demolished, removing a public hazard from the neighborhood. The property was flagged by the Director of Planning.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Demolition Location: 3925 Ellis Avenue, Birmingham
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