County attorney outlines code-enforcement citation changes to target repeat offenders
County Attorney Matt Raulerson presented a draft ordinance to let the county’s special magistrate hear citation contests (rather than county court) and to make citation fines and escalation more effective against habitual violators; staff were directed to refine operational procedures and return a published draft for vote.
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County Attorney Matt Raulerson presented a proposed amendment to the county's code-enforcement citation ordinance during the Feb. 10 meeting, explaining the draft tracks state statutory language while allowing contested citations to be heard by the county’s special magistrate instead of county court. Raulerson said the draft is intended to give staff a faster, administrable enforcement tool aimed at repeat offenders and nuisance property issues: "This is really to provide direction to staff, and then bring this back to the next meeting," he said.
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