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Code enforcement team proposes housekeeping and licensing changes to clarify penalties and move licensing enforcement to code office
Summary
Code compliance team leader Chris Bowden presented consolidated housekeeping amendments to Article 8 and a concept for licensing enforcement that would standardize procedures, remove duplicative penalty language, and shift responsibility for some licensing enforcement from the police to code enforcement.
Chris Bowden, the city’s code compliance team leader, presented a concept package to update Article 8 (the city’s code‑enforcement citation system) and a companion licensing ordinance concept intended to clarify enforcement procedures and fix outdated or conflicting penalty language.
"My name is Chris Bowden. Um, code compliance team leader uh for the code office downstairs," Bowden said as he introduced the package and explained he had "combined two ordinances essentially in this…
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