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Council compiles ordinance-priority list, seeks staff drafts and Municode updates

5929019 · July 8, 2025
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Summary

Councilmembers reviewed a list of priority ordinances for summer work, asked staff and consultants to draft or amend several ordinances (special events, street vendors, lodging houses, food-handler certificates), and discussed publishing ratified ordinances to Municode and community engagement needs.

During a Highland Park City Council workshop, members reviewed a list of ordinance topics they want to address before the end of their term and assigned follow-up tasks to staff and consultants.

Councilmember Maneka presented a list of seven priority areas for immediate review that included a special-events ordinance, food-handler certificates, street-vendor rules, fireworks/weapons sections, animal-control updates, lodging-house rules, and nuisance/abatement provisions.…

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