After two massive fires in central Fresno, business owners near Blackstone and McKinley avenues are concerned.
The new ordinance on city council's agenda could add a layer of protection or red tape around every single building in Fresno that's at least 50 years old.
After a vacant building ordinance was implemented in August, the city has started putting vacant building owners on notice.
Almost 20% of all vacant structure fires in Fresno have happened at what used to be known as the Spirit of Woman facility, and the city hasn't been able to contact the corporation that owns it.
It will rise three stories with retail stores on the ground level, the Tulare County Public Defender's Office on the second floor, and the Tulare County District Attorney's office on the third.
Fresno's West Shaw area has many abandoned retail buildings that city officials say can lead to crime and transients. Now new life is coming to some of these buildings.