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Residents raise gunshot, code-enforcement and nuisance concerns during Commerce City public comment
Summary
Multiple residents told the council about gunfire, recurring code and nuisance problems at specific properties, and asked for follow-up. Council and staff promised to investigate and return with responses; several speakers also asked for better neighborhood outreach and code-enforcement consistency.
Several residents used the council's public-comment period to report neighborhood safety and code-enforcement concerns, including repeated gunfire, nuisance activity at a single property and complaints about alleged overreach during code-enforcement inspections.
Addressing gunfire and safety, Doreen Armelon of 5817 Newport Street said she heard a gunshot at about 9:22 a.m. and that residents regularly hear gunfire in the neighborhood. "You knew it was a gunshot. We hear them all the time," Armelon said, and asked whether the city's detection systems were working and whether the police were being notified.
Lacria Dixon described a property at 58100 Newport she said is being used like an unpermitted short-term rental with regular emergency medical responses, youth…
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