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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Ahh, the new law. Well, at least you get to see what a ordinance looks like.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Drew Haley <manager@tahlequahmainstreet.com>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 6, 2018 11:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Jeremy Zeller <Jeremy.Zeller@okcommerce.gov><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [MainstreetTowns] Vacant Building Ordinance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.4in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 56-101 of Title 11, unless there is created
a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.4in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">A. For purposes of promoting commerce and the equitable treatment of the citizens of this state, the registration of any real
property by any city, town, municipality, or other political subdivision of this state is declared to be a statewide concern and shall be prohibited pursuant to subsection B of this section.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:.4in;line-height:200%"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">B. No city, town, municipality, or other political subdivision shall enact or attempt to enforce through civil or criminal penalties
any ordinance, rule or regulation to require the registration of real property. No city, town, municipality, or other political subdivision shall assess or charge any fee to own or register real property or for the lease, rental, occupancy or nonoccupancy,
lease purchase, transfer, assignment, bequest or devise of any part or parcel of the real property located within its boundaries. Any ordinance, rule or regulation contrary to the provisions of this section, whether enacted prior to or after the effective
date of this act, is declared null and void and unenforceable against every owner, purchaser, assignee, lessee, mortgagee or beneficiary of any interest in the real property.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Program Manager<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tahlequah Main Street Association, Inc.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">O 918-431-1655<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">M 918-931-1699<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Apr 6, 2018 at 8:50 AM, Jeremy Zeller <<a href="mailto:Jeremy.Zeller@okcommerce.gov" target="_blank">Jeremy.Zeller@okcommerce.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">When it rains it pours. I have been given this example from Emporia, Kansas. This is a great example of a ordinance that can help with those vacant buildings not being utilized.
Thought you would like to see what they have done. Also a good template if you made one of your own.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Jeremy Zeller<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Economic Development Specialist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Oklahoma Main Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">405-815-5186<o:p></o:p></p>
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