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Council directs city attorney to explore chronic-nuisance code after months of excessive service calls
Summary
City Attorney Ashley Weigau presented a model "chronic nuisance" regulatory tool used by other Oregon cities to address properties generating repeated criminal calls for service; council asked for data and authorized staff to work with police to evaluate whether a local ordinance is needed.
The City Attorney briefed the council on a regulatory option to address properties that generate repeated calls for police service, commonly called a chronic-nuisance code, and councilors asked staff to work with the police chief to evaluate local needs.
Ashley Weigau, city attorney, described the tool and its usual features: a property becomes a chronic nuisance if it generates repeated criminal-activity calls (commonly three or more…
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