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Council amends property-maintenance code to clarify fines, appeal options
Summary
Fishers corporation counsel presented an amendment to clarify daily fines and administrative procedures after a recent Court of Appeals decision; council approved suspending rules and passed the ordinance on first reading and final approval the same night.
Lindsey Bennett, corporation counsel for Fishers City, told the council the amendment clarifies the property-maintenance code’s violation and penalty procedures after a recent Court of Appeals decision affected the violations section. The change specifies the notice-and-cure process, the possibility of daily fines, and how unpaid fines move to enforcement if unresolved for 30 days.
The amendment was described as aligning the ordinance text more closely with the city’s internal procedures. “After we looked at it, and…
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