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Committee advances broad property maintenance code rewrite with new enforcement tools and limits on boarded windows

New Castle County Land Use Committee · December 2, 2025
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Summary

Assistant Land Use Manager Joe Day presented Ordinance 25‑157 to adopt an updated Chapter 7 property maintenance code aligned with the International Property Maintenance Code, adding recording of unpermitted‑structure notices, broader service methods, fines for placard removal and new rules for boat storage, pallets, boarded windows and pool rentals.

Joe Day, assistant land use manager, presented Ordinance 25‑157 to replace the county’s Chapter 7 with the newest International Property Maintenance Code and describe county amendments.

Day said the ordinance modernizes the format (including QR codes to explain code changes), adds administrative provisions for 'good standing' that can allow appeals without fees, requires the appendix to be posted online 30 days before effectiveness, and enables the code official to…

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