Neighborhood services reports 479 cases in 2025; city to pilot community court for citations in 2026
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Summary
Development services reported 479 new neighborhood‑service cases in 2025 (including building, nuisance, zoning and weed violations), 471 closures and 122 carryovers; staff said a community court process for citation issuance will be implemented in 2026 to speed enforcement. The recycling center update noted modest use (7–8 customers/week and 133 paying customers to date).
Staff presented the neighborhood services year‑end memo (prepared by Sean Osterman) summarizing response and enforcement activity for 2025 and outlined an operational change for 2026.
According to the memo read into the record, the Neighborhood Services Division opened 479 cases in 2025: 57 building issues, 240 public‑nuisance cases, 63 zoning violations and 119 weed violations. Staff reported 471 case closures during the year and 122 cases carried into 2026. For 2026 the division plans to implement a community‑court process intended to schedule defendants to appear within 30 days of citation issuance; staff said the change should improve enforcement timeliness and earlier compliance.
Separately, staff provided a recycling‑center update: the center averages about seven to eight customers per week and has had 133 paying customers since opening. The memo was presented as information only and not open for discussion at the meeting; no formal action was taken. The transcript does not include the meeting date.