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Committee approves active code-enforcement language, including 300-foot park buffer, for full council review

Brainerd City Safety and Public Works Committee · May 20, 2025
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Summary

The committee backed staff’s proposal to allow proactive code enforcement along listed thoroughfares and within 300 feet of city parks, and approved language to let staff initiate violations observed during other inspections; the draft will be forwarded as a first reading to the council.

Community Development Director Kravick presented a draft ordinance to authorize active code enforcement along designated major thoroughfares and within 300 feet of city parks, saying the change would move the city from a strictly complaint-driven system to one that addresses visible violations on high-visibility corridors.

"This proposed ordinance ... allows for active code enforcement along major thoroughfares and near city parks," Kravick said, and added that the…

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