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Officials say property maintenance enforcement is legally and financially complex; board to review options
5907663 · September 2, 2025
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Summary
Participants discussed chronic nuisance properties, code enforcement limits, town expenditures on cleanup and the legal steps (liens, foreclosure, condemnation) needed to address repeat offenders.
Planning board members and staff reviewed recurring complaints about properties with accumulated junk, hazards and repeated public-health problems and said enforcement is legally and financially complicated.
What officials said: Staff described a specific property that has required repeated town action and cleanup, costing tens of thousands of dollars…
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