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Item #18 · Regular City Council Meeting

Special assessment imposed for weed abatement on blighted properties

May 16, 2017
Consent Public Safety

Property owners of overgrown, weed-choked lots face a special assessment to cover city cleanup costs. This enforces blighted-property accountability under a 2015 ordinance.

Funding source: Unknown Action type: Weed abatement
passed 5–0
adopted · consent Read minutes ↗
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