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Council adopts change to emergency abatement code to add notice and appeal rights
Summary
Midvale City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2026-O-01 to amend Chapter 7.04 (Emergency Abatement) to require notice to responsible persons and to inform them of their right to a hearing, addressing due-process gaps identified during a recent emergency abatement.
City Attorney Garrett Wilcox told the council that staff identified procedural shortcomings in Chapter 7.04 related to emergency abatements after responding to an imminent life-safety issue. Wilcox explained that due process requires notice, an opportunity to be heard, and a neutral decision-maker, and that the code currently did not require notice to affected persons.
The adopted Ordinance No. 2026-O-01 adds notice requirements and ensures affected people are informed of their right to request a hearing before the hearing officer. Council Member Bonnie Billings moved to adopt the ordinance; the motion was seconded and passed unanimously with the five council members voting Aye.
