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Article: Bay opts to clean then lien: County targets blight, charges property owners.
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- News Herald (Panama City, FL)
- Article date:
- September 18, 2007
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Byline: Jeremy Morrison
Sep. 18--The bow of a concrete boat hangs out over the canal. The rest of it is hunkered down in the backyard.
It doesn't appear to have ventured into the water in recent years.
Its concrete body may have oddity value -- a sidewalk with a mast -- but the aesthetics are lost on Bay County. Code Enforcement soon will haul the vessel away and have the bill sent to the property owner.
Under an ordinance passed in April by the County Commission, abandoned or junk vehicles may now be removed from a property at the owner's expense. The ordinance allows a lien to be placed on the property for the costs of removal and ...