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Item #20 · Regular City Council Meeting

Special assessment: Weed abatement charges against blighted properties

Feb 15, 2022
Consent Public Safety

Property owners may face charges to recover costs of removing noxious or dangerous weeds from their land. Affected properties were declared blighted under a prior resolution from October 2017.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
passed 9–0
provisional · consent Read minutes ↗
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