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Executive committee approves consolidation of chronic-nuisance code, refers ordinance to council
Summary
The committee approved proposed changes to Chapter 66, Article 30 that would consolidate separate police and code-enforcement tracks into a single 90-day chronic-nuisance trigger, streamline abatement plans, clarify appeal timing and allow the city attorney to seek state-court remedies including receivership.
The City of Racine Executive Committee voted to approve and refer to the Common Council proposed ordinance 0001-26, which would amend Chapter 66, Article 30 on nuisance properties.
City legal staff explained the package consolidates two existing enforcement tracks — police calls and code/public-health inspections — into a single standard that counts any combination of three qualifying responses within a 90-day period to trigger chronic-nuisance procedures. The change is intended to avoid parallel abatement plans and allow a single code-enforcement officer to oversee compliance.
The draft also clarifies when property owners may appeal at different stages of the abatement and due-process review, gives the city attorney authority to pursue additional remedies in state court and includes options for seeking receivership for properties that cannot be made compliant through administrative steps.
Alder Jorgensen moved to approve the ordinance and Alder Land seconded; the committee approved the motion by voice vote. No further substantive discussion was recorded in committee beyond the attorney’s explanation of the main changes.
If adopted by the full Common Council, the ordinance will change the city’s approach to serial problem properties by consolidating response types and streamlining enforcement and appeals. The committee’s action sends the ordinance forward for final council consideration.
