🏚️ Blight Accountability

June 24, 2025 · Item number:Item #31 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Council declares building at 352 16th Ave unsafe; orders demolition

Unsafe building at 352 16th Avenue North will be demolished. Removes a public safety hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 352 16th Avenue North, Birmingham, 35204

June 17, 2025 · Item number:Item #40 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 821 4th Court West ordered demolished

City declares the structure unsafe and a public nuisance, clearing the way for demolition. Removes a hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 821 4th Court West, Birmingham, 35204

June 17, 2025 · Item number:Item #46 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 606 weed-infested properties public nuisances

Properties with dangerous weeds will receive notice to clean up or face city abatement action. This affects neighborhood safety and property upkeep across the city.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

June 17, 2025 · Item number:Item #39 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 208 12th Ave W

Unsafe structure at 208 12th Avenue West will be torn down. This removes a public hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 208 12th Avenue West, Birmingham, 35204

June 10, 2025 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: $110K

City awards $110K to demolish Hill Elementary hazmat site

CJ's Ventures LLC will remove hazardous materials and demolish the closed Hill Elementary building at 507 3rd Street North, clearing a blighted property in the neighborhood.

👥 Counterparty: CJ's Ventures LLC 🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 507 3rd Street North, Birmingham

June 3, 2025 · Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement costs assessed as liens on blighted properties

City removes nuisances from neglected properties and recovers cleanup costs by placing liens against the land — a common tool to incentivize owners to maintain their sites or face debt collection.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #15 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment levied for weed abatement

Property owners will receive charges to cover costs of clearing noxious weeds from their land, as ordered in a prior city resolution.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #11 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners with declared noxious weeds face special assessments to cover abatement costs. This formalized charge follows the city's 2021 determination that properties posed a public nuisance.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #12 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessments set against blighted properties

City is formalizing special assessments against property owners whose land has noxious or dangerous weeds, as declared in July 2022. Affected owners will receive bills for abatement costs.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #10 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment for weed abatement on blighted properties

Property owners will be charged for city-ordered weed removal on declared blighted parcels. Costs are passed to owners via special assessment on their tax bills.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #9 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment: property owners billed for weed abatement

Property owners will receive bills for city-ordered weed removal on their land. Assessment amounts and affected properties will be determined by this vote.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 307 Barbee Street

An unsafe, blighted structure at 307 Barbee Street will be demolished. Removal clears a public nuisance from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 307 Barbee Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35221

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #13 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessments set for blighted properties

Property owners will face special assessments to cover city costs for removing noxious or dangerous weeds declared in July 2023. This covers cleanup work already performed under a prior council decision.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #16 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on multiple properties

Property owners will face charges to cover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. The assessment was authorized under a prior council decision from August 2023.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #14 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Special weed-abatement assessment levied on properties

City assesses property owners for costs of removing noxious weeds from their land. Affected property owners will receive bills tied to abatement work done under Resolution 1534-21.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #26 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 306 Barbee Street ordered demolished

City is removing a condemned building deemed unsafe and a public nuisance. Demolition typically clears blight and reduces safety hazards in the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 306 Barbee Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35221

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City orders demolition of unsafe building at 308 Barbee Street

Unsafe building at 308 Barbee Street will be demolished to remove public health and safety hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 308 Barbee Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35221

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #43 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 348 properties public nuisance for noxious weeds

Property owners will receive notice they must remove dangerous weeds or face city abatement action and costs. Affects 348 parcels across the city.

🏛 Funding source: General Fund 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #23 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 305 Barbee Street ordered demolished

The city is removing an unsafe structure from the neighborhood. Demolition helps clear blighted properties and improve public safety in the area.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 305 Barbee Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35221

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #22 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Demolition approved: 603 Center Street North deemed unsafe

Unsafe building at 603 Center Street North will be demolished to remove a public hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 603 Center Street North, Birmingham, Alabama 35204

May 27, 2025 · Item number:Item #27 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Unsafe building at 5420 5th Court South ordered demolished

City will demolish a structure deemed unsafe and a public nuisance in the neighborhood. Removes a potential hazard and blighting influence.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 5420 5th Court South, Birmingham, Alabama 35212

May 20, 2025 · Item number:Item #24 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Weed abatement: costs assessed as liens on blighted properties

City will clear nuisances from neglected properties and recover cleanup costs by placing liens on the affected parcels, shifting responsibility to property owners.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 13, 2025 · Item number:Item #25 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

City declares 453 weedy properties public nuisance, posts notice

City is formally declaring 453 properties with dangerous weeds a public nuisance and posting notice—a required step before enforcement or abatement action. Property owners will receive notice and have opportunity to respond.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Weed abatement

May 6, 2025 · Item number:Item #42 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

922 18th Street declared unsafe; building to be demolished

The city will demolish a condemned building at 922 18th Street to remove a public nuisance and safety hazard from the neighborhood.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 922 18th Street, Birmingham, Alabama 35218

May 6, 2025 · Item number:Item #29 · 🏚️ Blight Accountability $ Total cost: undisclosed

Wylam house at 4125 11th Ave ordered demolished as unsafe

Building at 4125 11th Avenue has been declared unsafe and a public nuisance; city will demolish it. Property owners and neighbors should expect demolition to proceed.

🏛 Funding source: Unknown 📋 Action type: Demolition 📍 Location: 4125 11th Avenue Wylam, Birmingham, Alabama 35224