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The Mobile City Council is considering a land bank plan to seize abandoned, tax-delinquent property, and sell it to people who will use it productively. A City Council committee approved the plan Monday. Some properties may be attractive to developers, and others could provide a cheap source of land for nonprofit housing groups, such as Habitat for Humanity, DASH for the Gulf Coast, the MLK Avenue Redevelopment Corp., and the Volunteers of America.

Mobile Press-Register: City looks to land bank for abandoned property

IMHO this would be a great move by the city council, but I'm not sure if it will fly with the current political situation of eminent domain in this country.

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The city council voted to approve the land bank, with plans to initially target tax-delinquent properties that have been held by the state for three or more years. According to the article below, the Alabama Department of Revenue has held 713 properties in Mobile for three or more years.

Mobile Press-Register: Council approves land bank

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To help protect Mobile's water supply, the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System plans to pay for conservation easements so that landowners will not develop their land around Big Creek Lake. The water system currently owns about 9,000 acres around the 3,600 acre lake.

Mobile Press-Register: MAWSS to pay to protect reservoir

With all the recent news about droughts and battles over water rights, it's good to see Mobile's water system taking steps to protect Mobile's fresh water supply.

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The Mobile County Commission is expected to consider an amended version of the 2006 International Residential Code at its April 14 meeting. Under the new standards, homes built in unincorporated south Mobile County would have to withstand wind gusts up to 150 mph, and houses built in the northern end would have to withstand gusts of 118 mph. Existing standards require homes to withstand 120 mph gusts.

Last July, the Baldwin County Commission adopted the 2006 International Code series, along with a supplement that increases residential standards. The stricter codes could encourage insurance companies to re-enter the Gulf Coast market.

Mobile County considers stricter building codes

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Update on the Graf property: Bender Real Estate Group and Randall Investments plan to build The Preserves at Midtown, a 77-unit townhome complex, on 12 acres of the property. The Graf family will develop the other 24 acres. Hancock Bank plans to build a branch office fronting Dauphin Street, and the corner has been approved for a drugstore.

Mobile Press-Register: Coveted corner

website: The Preserve at Midtown

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A copy of the storm surge and 100-year flood plain maps for the Mobile area is available for download at the link below. Scary to see how far worst-case storm surge could go.

Mobile_Surge.pdf

Source: U.S. Corps of Engineers and Press-Register.

For more info see www.sam.usace.army.mil/stormmap/surgeinfo.html.

Mobile_Surge.pdf

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