Lakewood City Council’s housing committee looks at adjusting process that collects fees from landlords.
Correction: Dru Siley, the city’s director of building and housing, suggested that that the city not trend toward a license fee from the 12-month date of purchase. Lakewood City Council is once again fielding complaints from some landlords about the city’s $180 annual housing license fee. The issue comes before council about twice a year — once in January and once in July. That’s because those are the times of the year the licenses are renewed. Council’s housing committee discussed some changes to the payment cycle on Monday night. Per city ordinance, rental property owners must pay a licensing fee for each property they own in Lakewood. Sometimes, when a property changes hands mid-year, the owners have to pay twice in a year. “We’re …
Lakewood Housing Committee decided Monday not to move forward on a proposal to allow the city to offer tax incentives to new homeowners until its next meeting.
The proposal to build 19 townhomes along the Rocky River is still moving forward. But the plans were slightly stalled Monday night when the Lakewood Housing Committee decided to hold off on a proposal declaring 13 parcels of land along the west side of Sloane Avenue a "community revitalization area." The plans are to revisit the issue once all of the council members have an opportunity to review the project. The project is still on track to break ground in the spring of 2012, said Dru Siley, the city's director of planning and development. The designation would waive property taxes on all new, residential units for up to 10 years, and offer abatements of between 50 and 100 percent of property tax increases resulting from improvements …
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mr. land owner
10:22 am on Thursday, January 17, 2013
are you trying to drive out good landlourds it aready is hard to break even on rentals the city needs to keep in mind the taxes that are aready collected and the city services that are cut double dipping city workers need to be eliminated more ›