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Council tables code-enforcement lien-and-fine ordinance after legal questions; public and staff seek clearer limits on magistrate authority
Summary
Councilors continued a second-reading ordinance that would revise lien reduction and release procedures under the town code, citing legal questions about what powers the special magistrate may exercise versus council authority. The item was continued to Oct. 7 for additional legal review and drafting.
The Town Council opened a second-reading public hearing Sept. 3 on Ordinance 2025-09, which would reorganize Chapter 14 (Code Enforcement) to add provisions on lien reductions and releases. After extended discussion among the town attorney, staff and council, the council voted to continue the matter to Oct. 7 to give staff and outside counsel time to research legal boundaries between fines, liens and the special magistrate’s authority.
Town Attorney Kurtz told the council that the draft ordinance attempts to place limits on reductions and releases of liens once they are recorded, and that…
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