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After court loss, Hawthorne vows continued enforcement in long-running property debris case
Summary
Borough attorney reported the superior court dismissed the borough’s civil claim permitting entry onto a private property to remove debris, but said the borough will continue criminal/code prosecutions, pursue summonses and consider an appeal after a mixed ruling.
Borough Attorney Michael Pascual told the council on March 4 that a superior-court judge dismissed the borough’s civil claim in a long-running code-enforcement case involving a private property owner (identified in the transcript as Mr. Spoileda). The judge described the property’s condition as “appalling” but concluded the superior court did not have authority to permit entry onto private property in the manner the borough had sought in that civil action.
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