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Development services reports enforcement counts; council presses for clearer approach to street vendors
Summary
Development Services gave complaint counts across enforcement categories and said proactive cases for sidewalk vendors are small versus other complaint types; councilors urged a working group to devise long‑term solutions to vendor encampments and unauthorized vending.
Development Services presented enforcement metrics at the March 8 retreat and fielded council questions about sidewalk vendors, rental‑housing inspections and competing enforcement priorities.
The department reported complaint totals for 2024 and compared proactive work: sidewalk vendors generated 49 complaints and 19 proactive enforcement actions, while rental housing drew 255 complaints and community preservation generated 1,409 complaints, the department said. That…
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