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Oak Harbor adopts chronic nuisance ordinance to allow civil abatement of repeat law-violation properties
Summary
Ordinance 2031 establishes a chronic nuisance process allowing warnings, voluntary correction agreements and civil court abatement for properties associated with repeated law violations; council adopted the ordinance after staff presentations and limited public comment.
The Oak Harbor City Council adopted Ordinance 2031, adding chapter 6.25 to the municipal code to identify and address properties associated with repeated criminal activity or other law violations.
City attorney Hillary Evans, who drafted the ordinance at the mayor’s request, told council the chronic nuisance ordinance differs from a typical nuisance code by focusing on properties linked to repeated law violations — examples she cited include domestic…
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