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City Pilots Revamped
Side Lot Program
Love your Shaker Heights home, but dream of having a bigger yard? If you live next door to an eligible City-owned lot, then you
have the opportunity to make that dream come true.
Thanks to recent updates to the City’s Side Lot Program being piloted this year, it’s now easier than ever to purchase one of
the hundreds of eligible City-owned lots available as side yards to neighboring property owners.
These updates, adopted by City Council in early 2020, include streamlining the purchase process for City-owned side lots and
making lots affordable by reducing the cost to $1 and eliminating the requirement to make capital improvements on the lot.
Meanwhile, City-owned lots are also available for purchase to build a single-family home or for a community use, such as a
community garden.
To purchase a City-owned side lot, an applicant must own and occupy a property adjacent to the lot, specifically on either
side of or behind the lot. In addition, a successful applicant will be required to pay to consolidate the parcel on which their home
sits with the side lot and pay property taxes on the increased valuation.
Learn more at shakeronline.com/vacant-lot-program
Questions? Contact Director Kamla Lewis in the Department of Neighborhood Revitalization at 216-491-1374
or kamla.lewis@shakeronline.com.
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