Don't do it Council - Make the bloody property owners pay for it. There's provision for this in the bylaws surely?? I'll bet If I wanted to demolish my place I'd be paying you through the nose for one form of consent or another. Why not chase these errant, lazy owners? Not through the courts - employ a debt collector type with a bloody big pirate hook for a hand and a scary manner about him - like the good old days

The derilict house next to us was set on fire....twice,the long grassed section next to that was set on fire....twice,the council did nothing,the absentee landlord will do nothing,so I "developed"the land to produce crops,the locals did nothing for more than ten years when dumping there rubbish on it which includes truck & car parts so now I want to know who I send the bill to for my time in trying to clean the place up....huh.

WHOOPS SORRY COMMENT NO.3 was meant for Residents may loose Lawns to city council Comments. Mel.

WITH REGARD TO THIS THE OWNERS OF THESE PROPERTIES SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE IN FULL FOR ALL COSTS, NOT THE RATE PAYERS.

"Use it-or loose it",at the moment we grow veges/fruit/flowers on that very same land (to feed the national poor people)which previously was used as a rubbish dump by Invercargill"locals",the actual land we use is owned by absentee landlords who seem to not give a toot about how we live down here.City council here is not investing in CBD community gardens for local consumption so the next best thing is to do things yourself....car-trailer-dump......go.Buck is not the first to raise the issue.

Whoops Pamela Gare... where did you pluck 25k 'to clear a section' from ? The real cost of clearing a section is more like 10k !!

Part of this does not make sense, when purchasing a property it is part of the buyers responsibility if they want to have their lawyers check out Council records with regard to any purchase to make sure things are correct, this includes the right to have boundary's checked to make sure they are correct. You do have to pay for this service, so ultimately why should Council be putting aside $100,000 for four houses or any money at all to rectify this. This was the owners responsibility to have checked out in the first place. I do not agree that Rate Payers should be footing these cost's as it will take our money away from other areas. The cost of RATES are far too high now, 30 houses $25,000 a house that's close to 1 million dollars, for something that was the home owners responsibility in the first place. This needs to be looked at again and re assessed. Putting this cost on other Rate Payers is irresponsible of our Council. It's called accountability by all for all. WE ARE NOT CASH COWS.

FINALLY , ICC are Going to Folk Out $100k to Remove/Clear these Properties!

Invercargill Rates are High,Compared to Chch Rates.going by Rating Values...

Money Spent Wisely!. Bout Time.

Is this not the responsibility for the land owner? Why should rate payers have to foot the bill? yes i agree that it s unsightly, but personally i think do the work and flip the bill to the person who negeleted it in the first place, if you cant get the funds out of them sell the land to recoup your costs.