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Cottage Grove council debates chronic‑nuisance draft, settles on 12‑month window by consensus
Summary
After public comment and extensive council questions about scope and enforcement, the council directed staff to revise a draft chronic‑nuisance ordinance with a 12‑month incident window and voluntary compliance emphasis; staff will return revised language at a future meeting.
The Cottage Grove City Council spent the bulk of its June 23 meeting debating a draft chronic‑nuisance ordinance that would allow the city to seek court‑ordered abatement of properties tied to repeated unlawful or safety‑threatening activity.
City Attorney (speaker 12) told the council the draft would define a chronic nuisance property by listing specific activities (subsections 1(a)–(f)) and require three separate factual incidents within a fixed window to trigger action. The draft initially proposed a 90‑day window; staff noted The Dalles’ older ordinance used a 12‑month period. The attorney stressed the measure is intended as a ‘‘tool of last resort,’’ with multiple voluntary compliance steps and the option to pause court proceedings if the owner and city enter an abatement agreement.
The discussion focused on three policy…
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