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Alderman advances bill to create public nuisance board allowing community petitions
Summary
The Public Safety Committee advanced Board Bill 151, which would create a seven-member administrative nuisance board appointed by the mayor and approved by the Board of Aldermen, allow community petitions to trigger hearings and require recorded, sworn testimony and written findings.
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday advanced Board Bill 151, a measure to establish a seven-member administrative nuisance board that would hear allegations of public nuisance and, in some cases, require property abatement.
Alderman Rasheen Aldridge, who carried the bill, told the committee the measure is designed to bring ‘‘more transparency’’ to the city’s nuisance process by creating a public, recorded forum where residents and petitioners can present evidence and the board can issue written findings and orders. The board would be appointed by the…
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