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Subject: Communication from Alderman of the 1st district requesting that the Public Safety and Licensing Committee review the chronic nuisance ordinances and determine whether to modify and extend the existing version. (Ord. 0015-17)
Recommendation of the Public Safety and Licensing Committee on 03-14-17: That the communication from the Alderman of the 1st district requesting that the Public Safety & Licensing Committee review the chronic nuisance ordinances and determine whether to modify and extend the existing version be deferred until the City Attorney's Office can generate a draft, consult with the Integration Team and bring the draft back to the Public Safety and Licensing Committee. The ordinance should include:
1. The Chief of Police can declare the property a nuisance without input from council.
2. State distinction between a nuisance property and a chronic nuisance property.
3. Number of calls for nuisance can remain the same
4. Remedies to include forfeitures, paying cost of police calls, possible revocation
5. Have specific violations be considered nuisance activities
Recommendation of the Public Safety and Licensing Committee on 08-08-17: That the City Attorney's Office draft an ordinance to coincide with the recommended changes.
Fiscal Note: N/A