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Council hears first reading of major property‑maintenance code update
Summary
City attorneys and planning staff on Monday presented a comprehensive first reading of a rewritten property‑maintenance ordinance that adds commercial and vacant‑property standards and expands enforcement authorities.
City corporation counsel and planning staff presented the council with a comprehensive rewrite of the property‑maintenance ordinance, describing roughly 20 pages of red‑lined changes intended to modernize definitions, add commercial standards, address vacant property, and broaden enforcement authority.
Lindsey Bennett, corporation counsel, told the council the ordinance was updated to harmonize standards with the UDO, add commercial property requirements (landscape, drainage, exterior maintenance, trash enclosures, lighting, fences and gates), and…
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