If a property goes unrented for 182 days, the landlord is taxed at a rate of $250 times the width of the storefront in feet.

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Any space vacant for more than 182 days would have to pay $250 per foot of the width of the building. So, if the frontage space is 25 feet wide, multiple that by $250. The tax would then be $6,250.

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