Then they shouldn't do buisness here.  Time to start cleaning up the stagnant pond water and have a nice affordable city.

Run the people out of town that want to sit on property until "the economy improves", which really means until they can fleece people to excess rates of return.

The whole point of punitive measures is behavior modification.  This city is starting to get run down and nasty with a price tag of veil Colorado.  You bet it's time for punitive measures.