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Sterling Heights highlights high voluntary compliance for code enforcement and launches 'CLEAR' traffic enforcement initiative
Summary
City presentations showed strong code-enforcement compliance rates and a new police program, CLEAR (Community Led Enforcement for Accident Reduction), which will use citizen input and data to target traffic enforcement and support Vision 0 safety goals.
City Development Director Jason Kaster told the council that Sterling Heights’ code‑enforcement model emphasizes voluntary compliance: about 98% of properties cited remedy violations before cases reached the Board of Ordinance Appeals, and the city’s 'Commercial Elevate' program has produced facade, landscaping and safety improvements through cooperative…
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