Excerpt From Cabinet Notes::The Cabinet finalized its plans for the approach it will take in the removal of derelict houses/properties in communities across St. John’s.
On many streets, there are abandoned houses and other buildings that have been left to rot with unwanted vegetation growing in the yards and along the properties’ perimeters, giving the neighbourhood an unsightly look, serving as a place where criminals hide weapons, and as dens for those engaged in the use of illicit drugs.
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The Attorney General will propose legislation to Parliament that will allow for notices to be published, giving owners an opportunity to step forward to remove the buildings that are a threat to health and security.
Following a period of probably 60 days without any response by the owners, an Amenities Order will be issued that will allow the Central Board of Health to remove the derelict building and unwanted vegetation.
The cost for so doing will be charged against the property; the taxes owed by the owner of the property will also be computed and added to the liability which the owner will now incur as a debt.
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When that debt exceeds 50% of the value of the property, the DCA and the Inland Revenue Department will move to recover the debt by the forced sale of the property.
Any overage will be set aside in a special account which a Court may award to the owner or the rightful descendant of a deceased property owner.
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Can we first clear the streets of all the damaged and derelict vehicles on the sides of the streets. Mechanic shops are the worse. Look at Rowan Henry Street and Friars Hill where almost 200 yards of that street has been taken over by derelict vehicles put there by the mechanic. And that is a very busy street, bordering the cemetery and as you turn from Friars Hill Road onto Rowan Henry Steet, it is extremely dangerous and a bottle neck as it becomes a one lane road. And this is only one of maybe hundreds
It’s about time we do something about the derelict buildings in especially the city. Most of these are entangles in family disputes after the death of the parents. It is sad that the government is power to do something quickly about it. But I suggest they go to parliament and acquire them by force in the interest of the country as a hole. Especially in the interest of national health and crime. They house rats and vagrants and criminals.
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