Perry considering raising taxes on blighted buildings | Politics | Macon.com

PERRY — Perry City Council members are contemplating a new strategy to reduce blight in the city: They’ll tax some of it away.

On Nov. 18, City Council will consider its final reading of an ordinance that would increase the city’s portion of a tax bill sevenfold as an incentive for property owners to clean up vacant, blighted buildings.

The city would have to prove to a judge that the property is vacant. Houses used as a person’s main home could not face the higher taxes.

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