If you are interested in acquiring and rehabilitating properties that are tax-delinquent and or abandoned in Utica you can do so by either downloading the application, or you can pick one up on the 1st floor of City Hall, by e-mailing or calling us with your mailing information and we will be glad to send you an application or list of properties.

The Urban Renewal Agency requires that you make an appointment to go through the property before you submit an application, as we sell the properties on an "as is" basis.

Once you have seen the property you can submit your application.  Along with the application you must submit a developer's fee (amount is listed on the first page of the application). You must also submit copies of financial statements.  The financial statements must show that you have enough money to cover the amount that you are bidding on the property and the amount of the estimated repairs that you listed in the application on page 2 (Redevelopment proposal).  An application received without both of the above will not be accepted and will be sent back.

A property that has more than 1 bidder interested will go to auction at the public meeting.  You will be advised of this by phone.  You will only be able to increase your bid by the amount of money that your financial statements reflect. (ex. Bid $1000.00, estimated repairs $1000.00, total of $2000.00 needs to be shown.  If you show that you have $3000.00 you will be allowed to up your bid only by $1000.00, the difference between bid + repairs - total you have shown.) So it is better to have a financial "cushion" when submitting an application.

It is the responsibility of the bidder to check into the back taxes that are owed on the property along with any assignments, the back water and solid waste charges.  The phone numbers are on the 4th page of the application. 

The deadline to submit an application for that month's meeting is the first Friday before the first meeting, which are on second (2nd) Wednesday of each month.  The public meetings (where the property is auctioned or awarded) is on the fourth (4th) Wednesday of every month at 3:15pm in the Common Council Chambers on the 1st floor of Utica City Hall.  Only the properties which have completed applications submitted will be auctioned or awarded at that month's meeting.

Schedule of Urban Renewal Meetings: