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West Valley City updates boarding-house enforcement as complaints rise
Summary
City staff said a multi-department boarding-house task force led by Community Development’s Jenny Barnett is investigating complaint-driven cases — citing police reports, bodycam footage and online ads as key evidence — but said obtaining compliance often takes months because of permit and tenant-lease issues.
West Valley City staff told the City Council at its Feb. 20 budget retreat that a multi-department task force has been working since May to investigate suspected boarding houses and enforce code violations.
Steve Basterick, who presented the task force update, said Community Development staffer Jenny Barnett now “really is the one that starts the case and pursues that.” He described a complaint-driven approach: many referrals come from the police and are screened by staff who look for corroborating…
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