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Provo outlines data-driven overhaul of code enforcement: county-record matching, RFP for ad-scan technology and meth testing
Summary
Zoning administrator Scott Johnson told council staff are matching county mailing records to city rental licenses, drafting an RFP for software to find online rental ads, restoring a cleanup line item, and working with police and county health for meth testing and strengthened pest-abatement rules.
Zoning Administrator Scott Johnson told the council that Provo is pursuing data-driven approaches to identify unlicensed rental properties and strengthen code enforcement while expanding community outreach.
Johnson said staff received a large county dataset and narrowed it to about 12,000 residential-use lines for review; staff have verified about 6,000 of those as licensed rentals and continue to audit the remainder. Once verification is complete, the city plans to mail a compliance letter to addresses…
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