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Council reviews draft to allow emergency access and administrative hearings for unsafe-occupied buildings
Summary
Council members and legal staff discussed a proposed amendment to the unsafe-building law enabling emergency access to occupied buildings, short administrative hearings within five days, and an administrative inventory-and-storage procedure for property removed during emergency clearances.
City officials and counsel reviewed a draft amendment to the city's unsafe-building law that would allow emergency access to buildings deemed unsafe, permit immediate law-enforcement entry in urgent situations, inventory and store personal property removed during an emergency clearance, and then hold an administrative hearing within five days to determine occupants' rights.
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