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LEGAL DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM <br /> NO. 2012-14 <br /> December 21, 2012 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor McElroy and City Council <br /> FROM: Ryan McCrady, City Manager <br /> Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel <br /> Mike Frazier, Assistant Corporation Counsel <br /> SUBJECT: Chapter 48 —Nuisances <br /> SUMMARY RECCOMENDATION: Staff proposes amendments to the City Code at Chapter <br /> 48 —Nuisances. <br /> BACKGROUND: By state law, neighborhood inspectors may cite a violator for having a weeds <br /> nuisance by posting notice of the violation on the property. The city recently purchased ticket <br /> books for the neighborhood inspectors to use, as part of the city's enforcement efforts through <br /> administrative hearings. The proposed ordinance change allows neighborhood inspectors to post <br /> the tickets on the property, alerting the occupant of the weeds nuisance. <br /> State statute allows municipalities to remove nuisance greenery by cutting weeds or grass, <br /> trimming trees or bushes or removing nuisance trees or bushes. The proposed change makes <br /> explicit the City's nuisance abatement authority, in conformity with state law. <br /> POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: There are no known or expected objections. <br /> INPUT FROM OTHER SOURCES: None <br /> STAFF REFERENCE: Mike Frazier, Assistant Corporation Counsel, at 424-2807. <br /> BUDGET/TIME IMPLICATIONS: None <br /> cc: John Robinson <br /> Amy Waks <br />