Can you surrender distressed property to the city or state?

[Ruschka Sanguinetti]

He has received several notifications from the city, documenting inspections and violations and deadlines in which to repair them. Now legal action, fines, and jail time are on the table for failure to do so in the allotted time period. Is it possible to simply surrender the property to the state? Give back the land and the property is a state of major disrepair?