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Kalispell council adopts ordinance adding penalties, fire-department role for unsecured vacant buildings
Summary
The Kalispell City Council adopted Ordinance 19-32 on final reading to amend municipal code to permit the fire prevention ordinance to address security and safety of vacant buildings and to establish penalties. The 5-3 vote follows months of work sessions and debate over whether such enforcement belongs under the fire code.
The Kalispell City Council on Feb. 3 adopted Ordinance 19-32, amending portions of the Kalispell Municipal Code to incorporate the city's fire prevention provisions into vacant-building security and to establish penalties for violations.
The ordinance, described by staff as amendments to "adopt new sections 10.12 and 10.13 of Kalispell Municipal Code chapter 10" and presented for a second and final reading, passed on a 5-3 roll call vote after substantial debate about scope and enforcement.
City Manager Russell told the council the measure was intended "to make it easier to incorporate the fire code into some property, maintenance enforcement" and to address security of ingress and egress to vacant buildings. Councilor Hunter moved…
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