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County board debates options to address problem properties in small subdivisions
Summary
County board members spent the bulk of a legislative meeting debating whether to adopt nuisance or subdivision rules, strengthen health-department authority, or leave remedies to civil suits to address dilapidated or vacant homes creating safety and quality-of-life problems for nearby residents.
At a county legislative meeting, board members discussed long-running complaints from residents about poorly maintained or vacant houses in small subdivisions and debated possible remedies including a nuisance ordinance, subdivision rule changes, stronger health-department enforcement or civil litigation. The board did not adopt a new policy but directed staff to consult the state ttorney, the sheriff epartment and the health department and report back at a future meeting.
Board members said the recurring cases typically involve single properties near small residential pockets rather than open farm land, and that whatever remedy the county adopts must balance property-rights concerns and enforcement…
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