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Harvey County survey shows broad opposition to new nuisance, building and fire-code enforcement
Summary
Staff reported 60 online responses to a county survey as of Feb. 6 and said "an overwhelming majority is not in favor of any additional regulations to force clean-up of properties or any building or fire code enforcement in the county." Results will be compiled for April discussion and staff is coordinating with the Newton Fire Marshal on fire-code enforcement options.
Planning staff told the commission that 60 people had responded online to a survey on nuisance and building codes as of Feb. 6 and that none had responded by paper. Staff summarized the results by saying, "An overwhelming majority is not in favor of any additional regulations to force clean-up of properties or any building or fire code enforcement in the county." The staff report stated the survey results will be compiled for the commission to review in April.
Staff said it has been in discussion with Andy Harder, Newton Fire Marshal, about presenting to the commission on fire codes and how fire-code enforcement (particularly for businesses such as data centers or battery energy storage systems) could be implemented in the county. Staff noted that state code enforcement requires cooperation from local fire departments and that Harvey County does not have the staffing to enforce some of these codes directly.
The survey results and the feasibility of enforcement form part of staff’s background work for forthcoming discussions about nuisance properties, potential building-code ordinances, and any decision on data-center or BESS regulation.
