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McAlester council reviews draft property-maintenance ordinance; tables vote after equity and enforcement concerns
Summary
Councilors and residents debated a proposed property maintenance ordinance that would adopt elements of the International Property Maintenance Code. Staff presented the draft; residents warned it could increase homelessness or lead to evictions without protections. Council voted to table the ordinance for more review.
City staff presented a draft property maintenance ordinance to the McAlester City Council on April 22 that would create local standards for sanitary and structural conditions and adopt select elements of the International Property Maintenance Code.
"This is focusing on sanitation, lighting, and ventilation," said Miss Flippen, the staff presenter, describing the draft as a tool to address holes in roofs and walls, missing windows, plumbing failures and other conditions that staff say can render units uninhabitable.
Flippen said the ordinance is intended to be complaint-driven, not a program of proactive inspections, and that the department has condemned roughly 30 structures in recent years. She described certificate and…
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