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Tempe holds first hearing on nuisance ordinance after heated Daly Park testimony
Summary
Council heard wide-ranging public testimony on a draft nuisance-code amendment that would allow enforcement when recurring private distributions are linked to criminal activity; neighbors described safety and sanitation problems in Daly Park, while mutual‑aid providers warned the language is overbroad and risks criminalizing charitable aid.
Tempe’s City Council on May 1 heard the first public hearing on a proposed amendment to the nuisance code that would allow the city to treat recurring distributions on private property—food, goods or services—as a nuisance when they are tied to criminal activity that substantially interferes with neighboring property use.
City Attorney summarized the legal rationale for the amendment, saying the language mirrors court precedent and would give code-enforcement staff a clear ordinance to pursue repeat conditions that endanger neighbors or produce…
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