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City clarifies UDO Section 30 will target commercial blight, not residential maintenance
Summary
City Attorney Alex Dixon said revisions to UDO Section 30 explicitly apply to commercial properties to better target blighted commercial sites, while residential maintenance remains governed by other code sections; the ordinance is slated for adoption at the regular meeting.
City Attorney Alex Dixon explained that the updated Unified Development Ordinance Section 30 now explicitly applies to commercial properties and is intended to address blighted commercial sites. Dixon said residential issues such as unmaintained grass, vacant lots, or debris remain governed by other municipal-code sections and are not covered by the revised Section 30.
Council members said specifying "commercial" in the code is necessary to target intended properties and to ensure clear enforcement authority. The revision was noted as an ordinance for adoption at the regular meeting later that evening; no substantive debate was recorded in the work session.
