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Wichita council moves forward on property-maintenance reforms after task force review
Summary
A city task force recommended changes to the International Property Maintenance Code and related nuisance and housing ordinances to speed enforcement, raise repeat-offender penalties and create a neglected-building registry; council placed the package on first reading after public comment from tenants, landlords and advocacy groups.
A council-appointed task force that spent November and early December reviewing proposed changes to Wichita’s nuisance and housing codes recommended a package of ordinance amendments designed to improve enforcement, increase penalties for repeat offenders, and clarify registration requirements for neglected buildings.
Nella Bayouth, chair of the task force, told the council the group reviewed the IPMC draft line-by-line and sought a balanced approach: "One of the things we did is we spent the first meeting really diving into what is the process now and what are the shortcomings of the process," Bayouth said, adding the committee focused on improving enforcement…
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