Property owners who let a building sit and fall apart in Gwinnett County are about to pay a lot more, under an ordinance county commissioners passed with no debate.
If the county labels a property blighted, the part of the tax bill that funds county operations goes up seven times. School taxes are not affected.
The ordinance says rundown property “increases the burden of the state and local government,” pulling in social services, police and code enforcement that the rest of the county pays for…