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Council reviews draft resolution tightening enforcement on uninhabitable rental properties, debates utility-disconnection clause

5758780 · August 6, 2025
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Summary

Councilmembers raised objections to a clause in Resolution 2025-1 that would prohibit reconnection of utilities "for any reason" if services were disconnected before a 60-day deadline in cases of uninhabitable rental properties.

Council reviewed Resolution 2025-1, described by staff as an instruction to standardize enforcement on rental properties the city deems uninhabitable, including notice, placarding, and utility-disconnection procedures.

The City Administrator described the resolution and read its operative provisions into the record: code enforcement will identify vacant or uninhabitable properties, notify occupants of illegal occupancy with signed notice and photo evidence, and…

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