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Wheeler adopts nuisance-fee schedule to target vacant and derelict properties
Summary
Council adopted a fee schedule tied to the city's nuisance ordinance, removed illustrative examples that might limit enforcement and signaled it will use liens and other enforcement tools against chronic vacant or derelict properties.
The Wheeler City Council adopted a nuisance-fee schedule on Dec. 17 intended to give the city stronger enforcement tools for property-maintenance problems and chronic vacant properties.
Council discussion focused on two issues: ensuring the fee schedule does not inadvertently narrow enforcement by listing only a few examples, and creating a separate pathway to address long-term vacancy or abandonment. One councilor…
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