EcoCityCraft's Town Ownership System - Historical

Who owns a town?
We divide ownership into two different categories. Each designation comes with their own set of legal rights/responsibilities. They are as follows:

• Official Owner
  • This is the player who's name is on the town application. This is the only player staff will consider as the owner of the town.
• Co-Owner
  • Added to the town but not official owner. Powers are defined by the owner of a town.

The Official Owner may sell their town, however the new owner is not treated as an "Official Owner" until they transfer the town to themselves. Until then, they are a Co-Owner with their rights expressed in the sales contract, and the Official Owner maintains the right to totally reclaim the town within 5 days if not transferred.

What are town transfers or claims?
There are currently two ways of changing the official owner of a town. A Town Transfer may be used, or a Tycoon+ may use an available Town Claim under any of the following circumstances:

• Town Claim Only:
  • The owners of the town are offline for a minimum of 6 months.
  • The owners of the town are permanently banned from the server, and a period of 7 days has passed since the ban was issued.
• Town Transfer or Town Claim:
  • The owners of the town have signed and consented to the sale/transfer of a town officially.
  • When a user transfers or claims a town, the former Official Owner loses all rights to the town and its ownership. The applicant becomes the Official Owner, and may apply for town features and have all the other benefits associated with being the Official Owner. This will not be reversed under any circumstances.
  • As stated above, if you recieve another user’s town without a Town Claim or Town Transfer, be wary that the Official Owner may contact a GameAdmin+ after 5 days of you recieving the town to have the town returned to them.

What are spawn towns and do they have separate rules?
Spawn towns are defined as a front-row, 225x225 towns that directly face/border spawn (defined by the region named "spawn"). These are subject to their own set of rules and regulations, in addition to the above mentioned ones. These towns can risk being seized by the administration if found in violation. These rules are as follows:

• There must be a good faith effort to actually build something - Your town must basically not be a totally flat wasteland or totally unbuilt whatsoever.
• The official owner mustn't be PermaBanned. Other owners must transfer it ASAP or demonstrate a compelling interest/tie to the town to avoid seizure.

In these cases, we will poke the owners and give them a weeks notice to rectify above issues - Or present us their plans to do so. However, if these aren't to the satisfaction of the administration, then they risk seizure.