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Council reclassifies certain town-code violations from criminal to civil to address hoarding/junk-house cases
Summary
Oro Valley’s council adopted Ordinance O25-03 on June 4 to change certain town-code violations from criminal to civil for the first two offenses, aiming to facilitate cleanup in hoarding or neglected-property cases without imposing criminal records for initial violations.
The Oro Valley Town Council on June 4 adopted Ordinance O25-03 to reclassify certain town-code violations — including some building and litter/garbage violations cited in cases commonly described as ‘‘junk houses’’ or hoarding situations — from criminal violations to civil violations for the first two offenses, reserving…
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