Troy Code Ch. 169 (Property Maintenance) adopts NY Property Maintenance Code. Vacant and blighted properties face registry fees and escalating penalties. Troy Land Bank acquires tax-foreclosed blight.
The City of Troy adopts the NYS Property Maintenance Code via local Chapter 169, with supplemental local standards for rental registration and vacant-property maintenance. Owners of vacant or abandoned structures must register with the Code Enforcement Bureau, pay an annual vacant-property fee (typically $250-$1,500 depending on condition and duration), maintain the exterior (mow grass, board broken windows, secure entries), and cure nuisance conditions within specified cure periods. The Troy Community Land Bank Corporation, created under NY General Municipal Law Article 16 (Land Bank Act), acquires tax-foreclosed blighted properties from Rensselaer County and Troy, rehabilitates or demolishes them, and returns them to productive use. Towns of East Greenbush, Brunswick, and North Greenbush apply the NYS PMC through their building departments but typically do not maintain formal vacant-property registries. High-grass, junk-vehicle, and exterior-deterioration complaints drive most rural property-maintenance enforcement.
Troy Ch. 169: first notice with cure period (10-30 days), $250 second offense, $500-$1,000 third, daily accrual after that. Unregistered vacant property: additional $500-$2,000 fine plus registry fee. Demolition liens for city-abated nuisance.
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