Town attorney lays out steps for code enforcement, hearings and injunctions
Town attorney Andy Perkins summarized how residents and the council can pursue code enforcement: document addresses, send inspections requests to the county planning office, allow administrative hearings on building orders, and seek civil remedies including fines, injunctions and court-ordered remediation if owners do not comply.
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Town attorney Andy Perkins gave a detailed explanation of how code enforcement works for the town and the county planning commission. He described two classes of ordinances (nuisance ordinances enforced by the marshal or town process and unsafe‑building ordinances enforced via the county planning/building-inspector process), the inspector’s notice and order procedure, the council’s role as a hearing officer on building‑inspector orders, and the civil remedies available — including fines, injunctions and court‑ordered remediation and liening of the property to recover costs.
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