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Investors in the City of Schenectady and Schenectady County take note.  If your property is not taken by eminent domain, the City government may demand transfer of ownership if you are cited with code violations.

Granted Redman acted irresponsibly.  The punishment, however, seems severe particularly considering that the City Code Enforcement office bears some responsibility for failure to locate and notify Redman of the cited violations.

This is heavy handed government looking to make an example of an irreponsible property owner who, through no actions of his own, made the City government appear inept.

Kind of like Mr.Marotta's junk yard on rte5....???

From what I've read in the paper the code enforcement officer can find code violations with every property he inspects, the problem is many of the properties that the city is responsible for are all in violation of the cities own codes yet nothing is done about it. I agree Brad this is no way for the city to wield it's power without due notification to the residents in violation.

If I was an owner of property located in the State Street / Erie Boulevard corridor, I would be very concerned about my real estate interests.  The government is taking title by eminent domain to the buildings in which the adult bookstore and the gun shop are located.  Eminent domain is deemed to be permissible in cases that serve the public interest, not for use as a means to eliminate entities that are deemed undesireable.  

The placement of a rotary at the intersection of Erie Blvd and South Church Street is illogical.  One of the four directions (eastbound) from the rotary cannot be traveled as there is no existing roadway.  South Church Street is one-way and thus a rotary entrance isn't warranted.  There is no public interest to be served in installing a rotary at that location.

The city of Schenectady is threatening to jail and fine owners of properties for which code violations have been issued.  That is, unless the owner agrees to deed the property over to the city.

I predict that we will soon learn that the Union Street Bed and Breakfast is the subject of code violations or eminent domain proceedings.

That is why when people live so close together there is rule after rule after rule......it's like caging a bunch of monkeys.....the zoo keepers are in charge..