Future of abandoned houses
City tackles demolition by neglect
Lazaro Aleman, ECB Publishing, Inc.
The Monticello City Council on Tuesday evening, April 3, was scheduled to take up draft language that aims to encourage owners of historic properties not to let their structures deteriorate through negligence.
The document, recommended by the Historic Design Review Board (HDRB), addresses demolition by neglect, defined as “the deterioration of a historic property or contributing structure in a designated historic distr