Council approves first reading to expand boarding rules to occupied buildings
Council voted to advance an amendment to the property‑maintenance code (Article 1721) to establish time periods and limited extensions for boarded or covered windows and doors on occupied structures, aligning rules for occupied buildings with existing vacant‑structure requirements.
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Council considered an ordinance amending Article 1721 (property maintenance) to apply existing boarding standards — time limits, limited extensions and enforcement authority — to occupied structures as well as vacant ones. Staff said the change is an expansion of current code rather than a wholly new regime.
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