Landlords push back on Presque Isle’s proposed vacant building law

Landlords push back on Presque Isle’s proposed vacant building law

Last month, the city of Presque Isle — to much criticism — rolled out a draft ordinance seeking to create a registry and fine structure for vacant buildings within city limits. The motivation, the city manager and city councilors said, is to identify properties that don’t currently violate building code, but their vacancy poses future risk for repeated break-ins and other situations that strain public safety resources. “If we don’t even know wha…