The city says it will continue to ensure that banks and financial institutions do their part in helping to protect the city's neighborhoods and will continue to step up enforcement in the future.
In the first quarter of 2012 alone, more than 2,500 vacant property ordinance violations were issued to more than 150 financial institutions. Total fines in the first quarter of 2012 were $619,000 – a 123 percent increase from 2011.
