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Item #50 · Regular City Council Meeting

City moves to clear weeds from 286 blighted properties

Oct 20, 2020
Consent Public Safety

Overgrown lots fuel blight and crime. The city is officially declaring 286 properties a public nuisance and will post notice to force cleanup—a key step toward demolition or recovery.

Funding source: General Fund Action type: Weed abatement
passed 8–0
provisional · consent Read minutes ↗
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