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Kalispell to consider rewriting unsafe-structures enforcement to civil abatement; council to place code change on next agenda
Summary
City staff and the city attorney presented proposed municipal-code changes at the City of Kalispell work session on Jan. 13 to give the city more civil enforcement tools for unsafe and nuisance properties.
City staff and the city attorney presented proposed municipal-code changes at the City of Kalispell work session on Jan. 13 to give the city more civil enforcement tools for unsafe and nuisance properties.
City Attorney (on record) explained the change would make abatement orders civil rather than criminal and allow courts to authorize abatement. "If you look at 11-2, for first violation a civil penalty of not more than $300 shall be imposed. For each repeat violation a civil penalty not to exceed $500 shall be imposed," the attorney said during the discussion. Staff recommended adding a 10-day abatement window in ordinance language and said moving to…
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