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Council introduces updates to municipal code for administrative citations and waives first reading
Summary
Council introduced and waived first reading of ordinances updating Albany’s administrative-citation procedures for code violations, reflecting state law and best-practice changes; staff said the changes keep prosecution options while emphasizing caution where occupants might be displaced.
Albany City Council introduced two ordinances July 8 to update municipal-code definitions and the administrative‑citation process and waived first reading for both ordinances.
Community Development Director Jeff Bond described the proposed changes as procedural updates that reflect state law and contemporary enforcement practices; the changes do not alter the range of violations subject to enforcement but modify the process for issuing civil citations.
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