In October of 2011, the Department launched a new initiative as, part of a larger program led by the Managing Directors Office and the Finance Directors Office, regarding how both City and privately owned vacant property is bought, sold, and maintained.
The Department identified approximately 25,000 structures in its database that were believed to be vacant because the owner had either obtained a vacant property license, or had been cited for violations that are the likely indicators of vacancy. The Department mapped these properties, and depending on the market conditions of the overall neighborhood, planned to use a variety of legal tools to hold owners for the state of their properties.
Having identified these properties, the Departments current initiative is characterized by three main objectives.
- Finding the Right Owners: In the past, the City faced difficulties in holding private property owners responsible for the conditions of their blighted or vacant properties. In its current initiative, the Department is using a dedicated team of researchers to cross-reference several databases to find good names and addresses for the owners of vacant properties.
- Utilizing New Enforcement Measures: The Department now enforces the “doors and windows” ordinance passed by Philadelphia City Council that allows the Department to ask the court to find owners $300 per day per opening that is not covered with a functional door or window. In addition, State Act 90 allows the department to ask the court to attach these potentially high dollar fines to owner’s personal property.
- Dedicating Court Time: In the past enforcement, efforts had run into difficulties getting cases into the court system. In its current initiative, the Department has worked alongside with the City of Philadelphia Law Department and Judge Bradley Moss to dedicate court dates exclusively to address vacant cases. This ensures that these cases flow through the legal process quickly.
Through efforts so far, the Department will collect over $1,000,000 in license and permit fees, fines, and unpaid taxes.
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For those of you looking to track owners of abandoned properties, start with the Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment at http://opa.phila.gov/opa.apps/
You will need to “Accept” the terms, and can then search for addresses. Note that the system is very literal, meaning you have to get the address right…check spelling, use N or S as appropriate, and leave off “Street”, etc.
There are other tools out there, and for really hard cases, you may need to bring in an expert. Axcel Research is one of many firms that perform research on Philadelphia properties.
axcelresearch.com/distressed
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