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Kalispell council adopts community-decay ordinance; debate focuses on gardens, weeds and enforcement timelines
Summary
Ordinance 19-36 amending community decay and weeds rules was adopted after extensive debate over exceptions for gardens, pollinator habitat and the city’s role in enforcing private property maintenance. Council approved the ordinance 5-3.
The Kalispell City Council on April 21 adopted Ordinance 19-36, which revises the city’s community decay provisions and brings tall grass and weeds (over eight inches) under the community-decay enforcement framework.
City staff described the measure as a cleanup to streamline abatement: a letter followed by a municipal citation if a property owner fails to abate. "This would be just under general community decay at any point in time, anything over 8…
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