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Council highlights collaborative code compliance approach after lighting ordinance concerns
Summary
New code compliance officer David Fortmeyer described a collaborative enforcement philosophy and gave a recent lighting-pollution example in which staff allowed a film on glass instead of requiring full fixture replacement to meet the ordinance.
Council discussion focused on the city's approach to code compliance, stressing collaboration rather than punitive enforcement. The council member contrasted the earlier use of the word "enforcement" with the current term "compliance," and praised the shift.
"It's more of a trying to work with the resident and educate them on what's what the the code entails and and, working as a team," Fortmeyer said when describing his approach. He provided a recent example: staff addressed a lighting-pollution complaint by allowing the applicant to apply a film to the glass rather than replace entire fixtures, a solution he said kept neighbors satisfied while meeting ordinance goals.
