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Council reviews code-enforcement data plan and proposed chronic-nuisance ordinance to hold property owners accountable
Summary
Provo staff outlined a multi-part code-enforcement work plan — data reconciliation, public outreach, body-camera deployment for enforcement staff — and presented a draft chronic-nuisance ordinance that would allow civil fines against property owners where repeated emergency-service calls indicate ongoing criminal activity or other violations.
City zoning and police staff presented a multi-pronged update on code enforcement and a draft “chronic nuisance” ordinance intended to give staff additional tools to address properties that generate repeated emergency-service calls and neighborhood harm.
Zoning administrator Scott Thompson reported staff have been reconciling property and mailing-address data and will begin sending letters this week to properties suspected of operating as unlicensed rentals, with the goal of improving licensing compliance. Thompson said he will monitor license applications and enforcement outcomes and provide follow-up reports to council so the impact of the outreach can be measured.
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