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Planning board urges narrowing of nuisance ("grass and snow") law and related RFP amid liability and scope concerns
Summary
Board members told the town the draft RFP for enforcing the town's nuisance/grass-and-snow law appears to exceed the law's text, asked that the law be narrowed to target problem ("zombie") properties, raised contractor liability and insurance concerns, and agreed to forward recommended language to the town board; one bid had been submitted and bids were due Wednesday.
Members of the Grand Island Planning Board reviewed the town's draft RFP and discussed whether it goes beyond the enabling nuisance law.
Several board members said the municipal law defines a nuisance narrowly — generally tied to human-health or fire-safety hazards — but the RFP asks bidders to perform a broad range of tasks (flower-bed and shrub work, gutter cleaning, small structural removal, edging, debris removal) that some members said are not authorized by the statute as written. The board was especially concerned that the RFP could authorize contractors…
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