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County attorney says nuisance ordinance only covers subdivisions; court hears calls to consider expansion
Summary
Pulaski County's county attorney told the Fiscal Court the current cleanup ordinance applies only to subdivisions; officials discussed health-department condemnation, civil suits and whether the court could draft a rider to address health-and-safety cases outside subdivisions.
The county attorney told residents and the Fiscal Court that the county's existing nuisance ordinance applies only to subdivisions and that his office has pursued all actions allowed under that law, prompting a discussion about alternatives such as health-department condemnation, state EPA referral or private civil suits to force cleanup. "The ordinance, applies only to subdivisions," the county attorney said, and he described referrals to the state EPA and the health department where appropriate.
Court members and residents pressed for a path that would let the county address extreme health-and-safety cases outside subdivisions; speakers cautioned that any broader ordinance would require careful drafting to avoid unintended consequences for other private-property owners. The court indicated it will examine possible ordinance language or a rider that could carve out health-and-safety exceptions, while noting political sensitivity and legal limits.
