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Sumter County commissioners debate complaint-driven code enforcement, plan workshop on enforcement and temporary use permits
Summary
Commissioners discussed whether to keep a complaint-driven code enforcement process or shift to an active enforcement model; staff defended the complaint-driven policy as a past response to public concerns and warned of operational and conflict-of-interest issues with a contractor-based, active inspection approach. The board scheduled a workshop to review building services, code enforcement, and temporary use permits.
County staff and commissioners spent a significant portion of the Feb. 10 meeting debating whether Sumter County should move from its current complaint-driven code enforcement system to a more active enforcement model.
Mr. Arnold told the board the complaint-driven policy was adopted after public feedback objected to government "patrolling properties" and because of statutory limits on anonymous complaints; he said the county's current contractor-based model pays per inspection…
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