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Goshen council adopts revisions expanding public-nuisance enforcement for problem properties
Summary
The Goshen Common Council unanimously approved Ordinance 5,240 revising local solid-waste and public-nuisance rules to give code enforcement stepped tools — from abatement letters to citations and court action — intended to address repeat property complaints. The ordinance will let staff escalate enforcement when owners do not respond.
The Goshen Common Council on Nov. 17 unanimously adopted Ordinance 5,240, which revises the city’s solid-waste and public-nuisance rules to give code enforcement clearer, stepped enforcement options for problem properties.
The ordinance deletes two residential-accumulation provisions in the existing Chapter 1 and creates a new Chapter 2 modeled on Elk Grove County’s public-nuisance code. Don Schul of the city legal department said the change is intended to address community complaints about neglected properties and to provide enforcement mechanisms “all…
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