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Council hears workshop on rewriting Title 1 to create civil-infraction enforcement process
Summary
City staff presented a workshop on gaps in Medical Lake’s municipal code enforcement authority and proposed drafting a new Title 1 section to establish an explicit civil-infraction procedure, voluntary compliance agreements, stop‑work orders and abatement powers.
City planner Felicia Rodriguez and staff told the council during a Jan. 21 workshop that Medical Lake’s current municipal code relies on an outdated Title 1 that often defaults unspecified violations to criminal misdemeanors and leaves enforcement procedures vague.
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," Rodriguez said, offering the proverb as a rationale for a collaborative rewrite. Rodriguez summarized the problem this way: under the present Title…
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