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Committee considers moving privately maintained commercial driveways into nuisance code to allow city abatement
Summary
An ordinance amendment would classify commercial driveways, private service roads and similar areas that are open to the public and present driving hazards as nuisances under Title 24, enabling the city to summarily abate and recover costs. Committee members discussed scope, cost recovery and exclusions for gated private residential streets.
The committee discussed an ordinance to amend Title 24, chapter 1 (nuisances affecting peace and safety) so that commercial driveways, privately maintained service roads and similar areas that are open to the public and present driving hazards would be considered nuisances and subject to abatement.
Councilor Lakin introduced the change and members and staff described recurring complaints about privately maintained connectors and driveways that function as public thoroughfares but…
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