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Council amends Part 13 of city building code to use civil fines; emergency clause approved
Summary
The Kent City Council approved amendments to Part 13 of the city building code to convert certain criminal penalties to civil offenses and added an emergency clause. Staff said the change matches the city's property-maintenance enforcement approach and flagged additional code chapters for review next month.
The Kent City Council voted to amend Part 13 of the city building code to convert certain penalties to civil offenses and approved the changes with an emergency clause.
Bridget, a city staff member presenting the item, said staff had found inconsistencies between Part 13 and the property-maintenance provisions in Chapter 14. She said the civil-offense mechanism has been the most effective enforcement tool and that the amendment aligns the building code’s penalty language with the city’s property-maintenance…
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