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City attorney outlines omnibus nuisance ordinance to consolidate code enforcement tools

6429138 · September 9, 2025
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Summary

The city attorney presented a draft omnibus nuisance ordinance to consolidate and modernize Hopewell’s scattered code provisions (nuisance, derelict buildings, inoperable vehicles, criminal blight) and expand enforcement authority to building, zoning, police and fire officials.

City Attorney Bassett presented a draft omnibus ordinance that would create a consolidated public nuisance chapter in the Hopewell Code of Ordinances and modernize scattered provisions that currently address grass/weeds, derelict buildings, inoperable vehicles and related blight issues.

Bassett said the draft…

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