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Council discusses revising property maintenance rules, seeks 30‑day HUD inspection window
Summary
Council reviewed potential edits to Ordinance 777 (sections 777.09 and 777.11), including Code Enforcement’s request to accept HUD inspections only if completed within the previous 30 days and to set a 30‑day repair timeframe after notices of violation; draft language will be prepared for a future meeting.
Council discussed multiple proposed revisions to the Town of Nutter Fort’s codified property maintenance rules contained in Ordinance 777. The discussion focused on clarifying the validity window for HUD inspections accepted in lieu of local code enforcement inspections and on setting explicit repair timeframes after notices of violation.
Code Enforcement informed the council that many home inspections have failed because of missing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and recommended that any HUD inspection accepted in place of a town inspection must have been completed within the previous 30 days to be valid. The council also discussed adding language to 777.11 to require a 30‑day time limit for owners to complete required repairs after a notice of violation. Councilors asked staff to draft revised ordinance language for further consideration at the next meeting.
Councilors also noted a conflict between the town’s current codified ordinance and the incorporated 2018 West Virginia Property Maintenance Standards, pointing to an outdated cross-reference (section 1511.01) regarding smoke detectors. Meeting minutes state that revised drafts of 777.09 and 777.11 and language superseding the outdated section will be prepared for future council review; no ordinance language was adopted on Aug. 13.
