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Council pauses property-maintenance overhaul, schedules work session after concerns about civil fines
Summary
Council declined to adopt Ordinance 2024-15 as presented, which would convert property-maintenance violations from criminal to civil enforcement (including $100/day fines capped at $4,000), and instead directed staff to hold a work session to revise the language to protect owner-occupants and address blight.
Franklin City Council did not adopt Ordinance 2024-15 as presented and instead voted to schedule a work session to refine the measure. The ordinance proposed changing property-maintenance violations from criminal to civil enforcement, with a proposed penalty of $100 per day up to $4,000 before small-claims remedies and potential tax-collection procedures for unpaid judgments.
Scott Miller, the…
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