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Milford Beautification Committee appoints chair, launches month-by-month code-enforcement plan
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Milford’s new beautification board chose Councilman Whitney as chair and agreed to start enforcing parking and yard ordinances in March, beginning with courtesy letters, inspections, sheriff-served complaints and potential liens for unresolved nuisance properties.
Milford’s Beautification Committee appointed Councilman Whitney as its chair and outlined a staged enforcement plan aimed first at street parking and trailer violations, then yard maintenance issues such as weeds and trash. The committee met Wednesday at the Milford City Office.
The appointment motion — “A motion by Russell, second by Scott to appoint the councilman Whitney as the chairman of the beautification board” — passed after members said “Aye,” the Chair said. The committee then turned to a presentation from Lisa, the city’s zoning administrator, who walked members through binders with a proposed beautification map and a violation-log form for tracking complaints and photographic evidence.
“We can start in March focusing on streets — wrong-side parking, trailers and abandoned vehicles — and then move into yards in April,” Lisa said, describing a timeline that gives property owners 25 days from notice to correct violations, followed by an inspection on day 26. If issues remain, the city will send a failure-to-abate letter with 10 additional days; unresolved cases may lead the city to abate the nuisance and place a lien on the property.
Lisa told the committee the Beaver County Sheriff’s Department typically serves violations in person and will issue citations when the city supplies a signed complaint. “When the sheriff’s department serves the violation…that usually gets their attention,” she said, noting deputies often prompt faster compliance than mailed notices.
Committee members favored starting with courtesy letters and public outreach — flyers and a Facebook post — to inform residents that enforcement will resume after a long pause. The group also discussed adding a rental-code update to address repeat problem properties; Lisa said that work will be part of an upcoming code review with Sunrise.
Members asked the city to collect examples and photos quickly: Lisa requested members bring property review forms and evidence by the coming Friday so staff can issue initial notices. The committee set its next meeting for April 7 at 8 a.m.
The committee recorded the motion to appoint Councilman Whitney as chair; no other formal ordinances were voted on at Wednesday’s meeting. The committee’s enforcement steps, as described by the zoning administrator, are administrative actions (courtesy notices, inspections, sheriff-served complaints, abatement and liens) rather than new laws; the committee said it will involve the city attorney and may incur costs if cases proceed to district court.