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Columbia City council moves to approve ordinance codifying property maintenance for streets and sidewalks
Summary
Columbia City Common Council met Oct. 28, 2025, to consider Ordinance 2025-19 to amend Chapter 97 (streets and sidewalks) to formalize city practice that property owners maintain vegetation and landscaping in rights-of-way; a motion and a second on second and final reading were recorded, but the transcript does not include a final vote tally.
Columbia City Common Council met Oct. 28, 2025, to consider Ordinance 2025-19, which would amend Chapter 97 (streets and sidewalks) of the city code to codify existing practice that property owners are responsible for vegetation and maintenance in rights-of-way and up to the center line of the roadway. The council asked for and recorded a motion to approve the ordinance on second and final reading; the transcript records a motion and a second but does not include an explicit roll-call tally or an announced outcome.
Supporters and staff said the ordinance primarily formalizes actions the city…
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