{"id":26545,"date":"2013-09-24T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=26545"},"modified":"2013-09-25T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T15:29:55","slug":"lee-commissioners-approve-vacant-property-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/09\/lee-commissioners-approve-vacant-property-ordinance\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Commissioners Approve
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1144 Cherokee Ave Lehigh Acres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lee County commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved measures that will require banks to register and care for abandoned or vacant homes.<\/p>\n

As of Jan. 1, banks will be required to register abandoned homes that are either in foreclosure or bank owned.<\/p>\n

Lehigh Acres residents assembled in commission chambers, sounding off in support of the ordinance, they say, will hold banks accountable for their properties.<\/p>\n

But Commissioner Frank Mann stopped the fun before it started in the cartoons the Lehigh Acres residents made in support of the ordinance.<\/p>\n

(Click on the photo to larger them.)<\/p>\n