What: a new City ordinance prohibiting use of property officially declared unfit or unsafe, enforceable by citation as a class B misdemeanor.
Where it stands: Passed 5-1 on October 20 with one member excused.
Next: Nothing pending.
Details
Built from the YouTube auto-generated captions of the 2026-10-20 - Municipal Council; other meetings and minutes were not read, so earlier history is not recorded.
Police community-oriented policing staff presented a redrafted ordinance (simplified exceptions, a definition of condemned, and a building official exception for visitors such as a realtor). The City attorney said it came from a case where an owner stayed after a court nuisance order. Members asked about criminal record effects, why not a lesser offense, and redundancy with the nuisance code. Passed 5-1.