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Syracuse council tables proposed property-maintenance code after debate over scope and enforceability
Summary
Councilmembers debated whether proposed changes to Syracuse City Municipal Code section 6.10 went too far into property upkeep details before voting unanimously to table the ordinance and return it to a work session for further revision.
Syracuse City Council members voted unanimously to table proposed ordinance 25-36, which would amend Syracuse City Municipal Code section 6.10 on property maintenance, after a lengthy discussion about how far the city should go in specifying maintenance standards and how the rules could be enforced.
Councilmember Paul A. Cutler, who moved to table the item, said he had circulated suggested language earlier and remains concerned that the draft moves “from one extreme to the other,” shifting enforcement from obvious public-safety items such as weeds over six inches and dead trees to requirements about paint, specific plant species and lawn fertilization.
“No, I still have a bit of a…
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