Council reviews proposed vacant-property registration and short‑term rental code changes
Council members discussed Ordinance 30 (vacant-property registration) and Ordinance 31 (property‑maintenance code amendments addressing short‑term rentals), flagged conflicting parking language, and asked staff to clarify fees and penalties; both ordinances were placed on the table for the next meeting.
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Council reviewed two related ordinances intended to update the village’s housing and property rules. A presenter said Ordinance 30 would establish registration for vacant residential, commercial and industrial buildings to ensure public-safety access and to encourage owners to remediate long‑vacant properties. "It's a way to kind of help make sure that, for safety's sake, that we have access to these things ... and that maybe it's a way to help prompt the property owner to actually do something with the property," the presenter said.
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