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Pueblo County officials outline faster enforcement steps for long-term camping, illegal structures and dumping
Summary
County staff and commissioners discussed a package of changes to speed enforcement against long-term camping, illicit dumping and unpermitted structures, including civil-infraction ticketing, better interagency coordination and updates to solid-waste and building codes.
County officials and local partners detailed plans on Sept. 24 to accelerate enforcement against long-term camping, unauthorized short-term rentals in sheds and illegal dumping across Pueblo County.
Commissioners and county staff focused on land-use limits, the civil-infraction process and ways to give deputies and inspectors faster tools to address campsites that remain on private property for weeks or months. Unidentified county staff explained the baseline land-use rule as "14 days within a 30-day period," and said county enforcement must currently follow notice requirements that delay immediate action.
"Under the land use code . . . we can write a civil infraction ticket, which is a $100 ticket," an enforcement official said during the meeting. Staff said a ticket can be issued…
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