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Code enforcement reports nuisance cases, plans 30‑day compliance windows
Summary
Lieutenant Chris Jensen, the town’s code enforcement officer, reviewed July enforcement activity including nuisance properties, repeated cat complaints and a problem property labeled 'tarp house,' and said owners will be given 30 days to comply before cleanup and charges.
Lieutenant Chris Jensen presented the code enforcement report for the month, describing a range of nuisance and property-maintenance cases. Jensen reported confiscating multiple barges and seizing vehicles in county enforcement actions, and he outlined numerous resident complaints about feral or free-roaming cats that have generated frequent service calls.
Jensen described a repeated noncompliance case at the property he referenced as the "tarp house" on Eagles Drive: the property was mowed after a notice but became overgrown again. Jensen said he intends to offer a final 30-day compliance window and, if that fails, his office will remove overgrowth and charge the property owner for cleanup. "We'll start cleaning it ourselves and ... charge them for the fee," Jensen said, explaining the enforcement step if voluntary compliance is not achieved.
He also reviewed other nuisance cases and the department’s call volume: 91 calls for service in the reporting period split roughly between the extraterritorial jurisdiction (54) and town (37), with domestic calls the most common. Jensen said his goal is gaining compliance rather than imposing fines where possible, but he signaled readiness to escalate enforcement when necessary.
