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Essex Junction moves to treat many code violations as civil offenses; council adopts changes pending legal review
Summary
Council adopted amendments to municipal code chapters 9 and 18 to expand civil-enforcement mechanisms, authorize municipal officials to issue civil tickets, and clarify definitions of junk and construction waste; adoption was made pending a legal review requested at the meeting.
The Essex Junction City Council adopted amendments to Municipal Code Chapter 9 (enforcement procedures) and Chapter 18 (junk and property maintenance) that expand the use of civil enforcement and clarify responsibilities for property upkeep, city staff said.
Chris, the staff presenter, told the council the package designates additional code chapters as civil rather than criminal violations, standardizes penalty amounts, permits the zoning administrator and designees to issue civil violation tickets, clarifies construction-waste definitions and extends litter-…
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