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Marysville resident urges the city to enforce property codes, citing blight and tax inequity
Summary
Resident Cindy Holly told the council that neighboring properties on Spring Street have long-standing blight — unmaintained roofs, stacked debris, an untagged camper and feral cats — and argued inconsistent tax treatment rewards neglect. Councilors and staff committed to inspect the addresses and discussed creating a code-enforcement position.
Cindy Holly, a Marysville resident who said she owns a property at 311 South Sixth Street, told the council that two adjacent houses on Spring Street have been in disrepair for decades and called on the city to act.
"They enclosure the front porch and it does hide the blight," Holly said, describing untagged campers, stacks of tires, collapsed skylights and holes in roofs that she says attract pests and depress nearby property values.…
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