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Pennington County planning commission backs tighter nuisance rules, flags city‑county jurisdictional overlap
Summary
The Pennington County Planning Commission on Nov. 24 recommended changes to the county nuisance ordinance that shorten an initial notice window, lower the inoperable‑vehicle threshold and clarify manure and sidewalk definitions; county attorneys warned overlapping city 'one‑mile' jurisdiction will require an MOU to avoid double enforcement.
The Pennington County Planning Commission on Nov. 24 voted to forward an amended nuisance ordinance to the Board of Commissioners that narrows the county's first formal notice to property owners and tightens several enforcement thresholds.
The commission approved staff language to add a definition for sidewalks, remove noxious‑weed enforcement (which staff said will be handled by the county Natural Resources director and the weed and pest board), lower the threshold for "inoperable vehicles" from five to three and add a measurable depth standard for unspread manure. The amendment creates a two‑step notice process: a 14‑day initial option period followed by a potential hearing before the Board of…
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