Birmingham council actions holding owners of vacant or blighted structures accountable for the condition of their property.
Abandoned cars clutter neighborhoods and attract crime. The city removes the vehicle and bills the registered owner to recover costs.
Abandoned vehicles are cleared from neighborhoods and the owner is billed for removal costs, reducing blight and improving street safety.
Owners of properties with dangerous weeds will receive formal notice and face potential city abatement action. This clearing process targets blight that affects neighborhood safety and property values across the city.
City will tow and dispose of an abandoned or broken-down vehicle cluttering a neighborhood. The registered owner will be billed for removal costs.
City charges property owners for weed removal on blighted sites declared under 2017 resolution. Property owners may face liens if they don't pay the assessment.
City removes nuisances from vacant or neglected properties and charges owners for cleanup costs, which become legal claims against the property. Helps combat neighborhood blight but may affect property sales or refinancing.
Property owners with noxious weeds face city cost recovery charges. Abatement work enforces long-standing blight rules first declared in 2017.
City imposes cleanup costs on property owners who fail to remove noxious weeds, helping restore neighborhood conditions. Owners can appeal at a public hearing.
City charges property owners for costs of clearing noxious weeds from blighted sites. Property owners receive notice of special assessment and right to hearing.
Property owners will receive bills for city weed-abatement costs on their blighted parcels. This follows a 2017 city declaration and gives owners a chance to contest the charges at a public hearing.
Abandoned cars clutter neighborhoods and attract crime. The city removes the vehicle and bills the registered owner to recover costs.
City recovered demolition costs by assessing the property owner at 4616 - 8th Avenue. This special assessment will attach to the property's tax bill until paid.
Unsafe building at 1204 Oakland Avenue has been demolished; property owner is billed $10,453 for the cost. Property will carry a special lien until the fee is paid.
Property owner will be billed for the city's cost to demolish an unsafe building at this address. The assessment becomes a lien against the property until paid.
The cost of demolishing an unsafe structure at 8016 4th Avenue South will be recovered through a special assessment against the property. This shifts demolition costs from the city to the property owner.
Property owner at 528 Athens Court will be billed $8,842.40 for city demolition costs. This is a follow-up to a 2020 decision; payment is now being formally collected against the property.
Property owner at 3004 Avenue D will be billed $8,578.48 to cover the city's cost to demolish the unsafe building. The assessment becomes a lien against the property.
Property owner at 3216 Beulah Drive owes the city $7,469.44 for demolishing an unsafe building. The cost is collected as a special tax assessment on the property.
Property owner must repay the city for demolishing an unsafe building at this address. The cost will be added as a special assessment (lien) against the property.
Property owner at 3204 Beulah Avenue will be billed $6,063.60 for the city's cost to tear down an unsafe building on the site. The special assessment becomes a lien on the property until paid.
Property owner at 2323 Avenue H in Ensley will owe the city $6,038.76 to cover the cost of tearing down an unsafe building. The special assessment becomes a lien on the property.
Property at 1629 11th Court North was demolished as unsafe; owner is now billed for the $5,442.80 demolition cost as a special assessment.
City recouped demolition costs by assessing the property owner. This is how Birmingham clears dangerous buildings and recovers public spending.
Property owner at 2800 Dowell Court will be assessed $4,655.80 to cover the cost of demolishing an unsafe building on their land. This passes the city's demolition expense directly to the property owner.
City demolishes unsafe building and bills the owner $4,325.72 for the work. Property owners can be required to pay for blight removal.