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Hagerstown staff propose new abatement rules for nuisance pools and abandoned vehicles
Summary
City staff outlined draft changes to the property maintenance code to speed removal or remediation of unused pools and to create a separate nuisance ordinance for abandoned or inoperable vehicles, including timelines, permit extensions and towing/sale procedures.
City staff told the Hagerstown City Council at its Feb. 4 work session they will bring draft ordinance language to allow the city to more quickly abate nuisance pools and to adopt a separate nuisance-vehicle ordinance.
Staff said the proposed pool changes would let the city declare a pool a nuisance if it is unused for a defined period, require safety measures for pools left unused for 30 days, and treat a pool that is unused for two consecutive summer seasons as “abandoned” and subject to removal. The city would retain the ability to drain pools considered a nuisance before reaching the abandoned threshold.
The change is intended to speed responses for neighbors who report pools that have become health or nuisance problems. Emily…
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