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Planning and Zoning adopts ordinance allowing private suits for code violations after notice
Summary
Orangevilleplanning and zoning approved an ordinance that permits a personally affected party to file a private suit for declaratory or injunctive relief after notifying the city and giving it 60 days to act; the city may, at its discretion, initiate enforcement instead.
Orangevilleplanning and zoning voted to adopt an ordinance formalizing a private right of action for city code violations, restricting suits to declaratory and injunctive relief and requiring a notification and waiting period before a complainant may sue.
City attorney Lisa told the commission the ordinance places the new language in the nuisance section of the municipal code and limits private suits to district court requests for declaratory and injunctive relief only, "No damage claims." She…
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