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Council approves encroachment changes, advances traffic‑code and court‑fee updates, and OKs first reading of local nondiscrimination ordinance
Summary
Council passed an encroachments ordinance on second reading, approved first readings of updates to the municipal traffic code and court costs, and voted to advance a local nondiscrimination ordinance to first reading with an outside investigator/hearing‑officer model and an 18‑month review requirement.
BROOMFIELD — The Broomfield City and County Council unanimously approved several code updates Monday night: second reading passed for an amended encroachments ordinance that sets clearer vegetation‑clearance standards and abatement rules, and first readings passed for adoption of the 2024 model traffic code, updates to municipal court costs, and a local nondiscrimination ordinance.
Code Compliance Manager Brandon Murray summarized proposed changes to Chapter 12.08 (encroachments), including consistent clearance heights (8 feet over sidewalks; 15 feet over streets), clearer site‑distance rules at intersections, and an administrative abatement fee of 15% when the city removes encroachments.…
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