16.16.070 Fees for vacant commercial space registration.
A. At least one responsible person shall pay an annual registration fee for each registered vacant commercial space. At least one responsible person must pay the fee to the city at the time the space is registered and on January 1st of each year that the space remains vacant. The fee will be based on the duration of the vacancy as determined by the following scale:
1. Two hundred fifty dollars for each space vacant for less than one year;
2. Five hundred dollars for each space vacant for at least one year but less than two years;
3. Seven hundred fifty dollars for each space vacant for at least two years but less than three years;
4. One thousand dollars for each space vacant for at least three years and for each year thereafter until the building is occupied.
B. The fees are intended to defray the costs of administering this section through Section 16.16.120 and may be changed by resolution of the council to meet these costs. (Ord. 3127-09 § 7, 2009.)