§ 72-19. Preferences in disposition of property.

(a)

Redemption of adjudicated property shall be favored and may be accomplished at any time prior to recordation of transfer in the conveyance records of the office of the clerk of court for Lafayette Parish and upon satisfaction of the requirements of section 72-18.

(b)

The acquisition of an adjudicated property by LCPCG, the City of Lafayette, the Parish of Lafayette, or other political subdivisions to which the property has been adjudicated, shall have priority over any application to obtain ownership of the property.

(c)

Dispositions of adjudicated property shall prioritize the following categories of applicants for the identified forms of disposition, in the order they are specified in this subsection:

(1)

For sale or arm's length transfer of adjudicated property, an adjoining property owner who asserts, and provides a sworn statement attesting to, their continuous maintenance of the adjudicated property for a period of at least one year. Maintenance shall include but not be limited to the mowing of grass, trimming of hedges and plants, cleaning of litter and debris, to secure the property and maintain the overall appearance of the neighborhood.

(2)

For sale or arm's length transfer of adjudicated property, community or local organizations whose primary area of operation or concentration is within the boundaries of the traditional or historic neighborhood in which the property is situated; or political subdivisions within whose geographic boundaries the property is situated.

(3)

For sale or arm's length transfer of adjudicated property, a person who acquires the property in their own name and who will improve, maintain and personally occupy the property for a minimum of two years following the date of acquisition.

(4)

For donation of adjudicated property, a qualified non-profit that will improve and maintain the property until conveyance to a person who will acquire as owner and personally occupy the property as their principal residence for a minimum of two years following acquisition.

(5)

For sale or arm's length transfer of adjudicated property, natural persons domiciled within the boundaries of the traditional or historic neighborhood in which the property is situated.

(6)

For sale or arm's length transfer of adjudicated property, any non-residential use not listed above.

(d)

Nothing in this article shall be construed to permit the sale, donation or arm's length transfer of property for residential lease. No property renovation plan required by this article which includes residential lease as an intended use of the property at any time shall be approved by the administrator.

(Ord. No. O-246-2015, § 4, 11-17-15)