New law to speed up nuisance cases
The City Council voted Tuesday to approve an ordinance to make it easier for building officials to crack down on property owners who allow drug dealing, prostitution, vandalism and other illegal public nuisances to occur.
The ordinance, proposed by Councilwoman Jan Perry, seeks to cut the amount of time needed to prosecute a nuisance abatement case. The new law will require that nuisance abatement cases are heard within two years.
It also is designed to crack down on public urination, excessive littering, lewd conduct and loud noise.
-- David Zahniser
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