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Crawford County considers changes to nuisance/dangerous-structure code after state statute restored cleanup authority
Summary
Commissioners discussed and moved to adopt resolution changing the county’s nuisance code to allow post-conviction county cleanup and tax assessment of costs; the motion language and time-limited authority were described but the transcript does not record a roll-call outcome.
Commissioners reviewed a proposed resolution to amend Crawford County’s nuisance and dangerous-structure code to incorporate authority the state legislature recently restored to counties.
County Master Director Jim Emmerson explained the change came after state action that restored a self-help mechanism allowing counties to clean nuisance properties and assess cleanup costs to property taxes if owners do not comply after a conviction. Emmerson said the authority…
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