While one of the units was vacant, re-mediated, and certified lead free, there was a family with a small child occupying the other unit which my council advised could very possibly open me up to the liability of a lawsuit down the road.

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Thes eare just 2 of the several requirements to change zoning.Having read through the city council meeting minutes when these rules were put in place, their goal was to control population density and increase owner-occupy properties, helping neighborhoods not get so run down and whatnot.Sorry for the long post.  

The city can also take over a project and auction it to qualified borrowers, a bank can't.You'll need to work closely with the Mayor, council, city attorney, the finance dept, building regs, state economic dev. and the state finance dept along with the PHA. 

The matter was then presented at the city council, where people could oppose it if they wanted.

Last draft/pass/reversal by city council was just a bit stricter than Oakland, which is relatively strict. 

If you were lucky enough in school to get a student council member to show you around the school and help you out then it wasn't so bad.

Management was not qualified to run the facility and crime moved in, causing it to appear on City Council agendas often enough, where policies and ultimatums were issued.

Sac.Best to you - check out your city council meetings. 

Generally, when a location is about to be targeted, there is some major plans that city councils, businesses, ect have approved.