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Council advances vacant-property maintenance ordinance with fines and enforcement steps
Summary
The council advanced Ordinance 661 (first reading), establishing code provisions to require maintenance of vacant parcels (weeds, trash, hazardous structures), setting progressive administrative citation fines and potential property-tax assessment for unpaid fines; council discussed implementation details including warning notices, contractor lists, drone documentation and staffing.
The Adelanto City Council moved to introduce and schedule second reading of a new vacant-property maintenance ordinance (proposed chapter 8.32) that creates a code-based enforcement mechanism for unmaintained vacant parcels.
City Attorney provided the staff report, saying the proposed code would make failure to maintain vacant property a civil enforcement matter with administrative citations and a progressive fine schedule: $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second, $500 for a third, and $1,000 for…
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