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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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Total dollars $5.8M where disclosed
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August 5, 2025 · Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement liens approved on nuisance properties

City clears weeds and overgrowth on blighted properties and bills the owners. Liens attach to property records until paid.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #21 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement charges on blighted properties

Property owners may face charges to cover city weed-removal costs on their land. Details on affected parcels and assessment amounts are not provided in the agenda item.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement charges on blighted properties

Property owners will receive bills to cover weed removal costs the city paid for. Assessment details and affected parcels are listed in the resolution.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #13 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment set for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will be charged for city-ordered weed removal on their land. Costs vary by parcel size and cleanup scope.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #17 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will face special assessment charges; this enforces the city's 2021 weed abatement declaration and allows lien recovery on affected parcels.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed abatement assessment on blighted properties

City imposes cleanup costs on property owners with noxious weeds; owners who don't abate will face special assessments added to their tax bills.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will face special assessments to cover abatement costs under rules adopted in January 2023.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: property owners pay for weed abatement

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will receive a bill for the city's cost to clear them. The assessment is based on a December 2022 council declaration.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on local properties

City is charging property owners for costs to remove dangerous weeds from their land, as authorized by a January 2023 council vote. Affected property owners will receive bills for abatement work already completed.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #10 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will receive special assessments to cover the cost of city-ordered weed removal from their land. The amounts and specific parcels are listed in the full resolution.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

Property owners may face financial charges to recover city costs for clearing noxious weeds from vacant or neglected lots. Details on affected addresses and dollar amounts will determine impact on individual homeowners.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #18 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on blighted properties

City places a special tax on property owners for clearing noxious weeds declared dangerous under city rules. Property owners will receive a bill for cleanup costs.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #28 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

City assesses property owners for weed abatement costs

Property owners may face special assessment bills to cover the city's cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. This follows the city's June 2023 declaration that weeds posed a public safety hazard.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement special assessment hearing

City sets cleanup costs for properties with overgrown weeds; property owners can respond at public hearing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #20 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment approved for blighted properties

Property owners will face special tax bills to cover city costs of clearing noxious weeds on their land. This enforces the December 2022 declaration and shifts cleanup expenses to non-compliant owners.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: weed abatement charges on unspecified properties

Property owners will face charges for city-ordered weed removal; exact properties and amounts unknown from item description.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #15 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment issued for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will face special assessments to cover weed removal costs on neglected parcels. Affected properties are identified in a hearing process that began in November 2022.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on noxious properties

Property owners with noxious or dangerous weeds will be charged for abatement costs. This follows the Council's November 2023 declaration identifying properties requiring weed removal.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #8 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement special assessment hearing

Property owners may face charges for city weed removal on their land. Hearing allows owners to contest the assessment before charges are finalized.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on local properties

Property owners will face charges to cover the cost of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as declared by prior council action in October 2023.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 29, 2025 · Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement

Property owners will receive bills for costs to remove noxious or dangerous weeds from their land, as declared in a prior city action.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 22, 2025 · Item number:Item #19 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $42K

City awards $42,300 to demolish College Hills Grocery Store

Hazardous materials removal and demolition of abandoned building in College Hills neighborhood. Clears blighted property and public safety hazard.

Counterparty: Steadfast Resources, LLC Funding source: Unknown Action type: Demolition Location: 73
July 22, 2025 · Item number:Item #10 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: undisclosed

Council authorizes nuisance abatement; costs become property liens

The city will clear nuisances (likely overgrown weeds or blight) from designated properties and bill owners through property liens. Affected property owners will be notified and have a chance to object at a hearing.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
July 15, 2025 · Item number:Item #89 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $23K

Special assessment: $22,897 for demolition at 1817 Pike Road

Property owner at 1817 Pike Road in Ensley will be charged $22,897 to recover the city's cost of tearing down an unsafe building on their lot.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1817 Pike Road, Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama 35218
July 15, 2025 · Item number:Item #38 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability Total cost: $18K

Special assessment of $17,801.84 charged to Ensley property for building demolit

Property owner at 1313 Meadow Lane faces a special tax bill to cover the cost of the city's demolition of an unsafe building on the site. The $17,801.84 assessment will be added to the property tax.

Funding source: Special Tax Action type: Demolition Location: 1313 Meadow Lane Ensley, Birmingham, Alabama 35228
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