City accepts donated hose cart from 2025 World Police and Fire Games host
Birmingham receives in-kind equipment donation valued at no direct cost; supports public safety operations ahead of 2025 World Police and Fire Games hosting.
Topic
Public Safety
Agenda items
Public Safety items
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Weed abatement special assessment hearing
City sets cleanup costs for properties with overgrown weeds; property owners can respond at public hearing.
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.
Weed abatement: 724 Spring Street removed from special assessment
Property owner at 724 Spring Street no longer owes special assessment fees for weed abatement. Reverses earlier city action citing property cleanup.
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.
Land area:
1 parcel
Weed abatement fee removed for 1505 Chaucer Street
Property owner at 1505 Chaucer Street no longer owes the city's special assessment for weed abatement costs.
Land area:
1 parcel
Remove 1917 10th Way from weed-abatement assessment
Property at 1917 10th Way is removed from the special weed-abatement assessment, lowering the owner's liability for cleanup costs.
Special assessment: $5,208 demolition cost at 7817 3rd Ave South
Property owner or occupant at 7817 3rd Avenue South will owe $5,208.40 as a special assessment to cover the city's cost of demolishing an unsafe building. The cost will be tied to the property and may affect future sale or refinance.
Land area:
1 parcel
Special assessment: $4,374 demolition cost for unsafe building at 6512 3rd Avenu
Property owner receives bill for demolishing unsafe structure. This cost becomes a lien against the property unless paid.
Land area:
1 parcel
Special assessment: $11,336 demolition cost at 1232 17th St N
Property owner at 1232 17th Street North will be charged $11,336 to cover the city's cost for demolishing an unsafe building. The charge becomes a lien on the property.
Land area:
1 parcel
City assesses $5,452 demolition cost against 525 16th Court North
Property owner will receive a tax bill for the city's cost to tear down an unsafe building at this address. The special assessment becomes a lien on the property.
Land area:
1 parcel