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Southwest Ranches council adopts ordinance penalizing repeated meritless code complaints
Summary
The Town of Southwest Ranches adopted an ordinance imposing a $250 service charge after more than three 'meritless' code-compliance calls within a 12-month period, aiming to curb abuse of the code-enforcement process. Council amended calendar-year language to a 12-month rolling window before approving the measure unanimously.
The Town of Southwest Ranches council voted to add a code section that would impose a $250 service charge for residents who file more than three meritless code-compliance calls in a 12-month period, a measure council members said is intended to stop neighbors from weaponizing complaints.
Mayor opened the item by saying the ordinance "comes directly from resident input over the years" and that sometimes "code is used as a weapon between residents." The ordinance,…
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