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Cheyenne committee narrows administrative‑inspection warrant ordinance after public privacy concerns
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After hours of public comment over Fourth Amendment concerns, the City of Cheyenne Public Service Committee passed a substitute ordinance limiting administrative inspection warrants to specific circumstances and adding reporting and procedural safeguards.
The City of Cheyenne Public Service Committee on Monday advanced a substitute ordinance to create limited administrative inspection warrants after extended public comment and several amendments.
Mayor Patrick Collins opened the staff report, saying the substitute limits applications for administrative inspection warrants to four circumstances: a post‑fire investigation, life‑safety inspections by the fire department, properties with an open building permit, and abandoned properties. "We have to be able to do the routine parts of the follow‑up inspections," Collins said, arguing the city must carry out inspections required by adopted building and fire codes or risk the state taking over.
Residents and civil‑liberties advocates urged tighter language. "This is a suspicionless entry clause," said Patricia McCoy during public comment, asking that section…
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