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File #: 24-1433    Version: 1
Type: Officer's Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 9/30/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/10/2024 Final action: 10/10/2024
Enactment date: 10/10/2024 Enactment #: 217812
Title: City Solicitor responding to item #24-1275, an Order that the City Solicitor review and provide opinions regarding Ordinance 11-038 (Rodent Control) .
Attachments: 1. Opinion to Council re Rodent Control Ordinance 9-27-24
Related files: 24-1275

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City Solicitor responding to item #24-1275, an Order that the City Solicitor review and provide opinions regarding Ordinance 11-038 (Rodent Control) .

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The City Solicitor respectfully submits this response to #24-1275, "That the City Solicitor review Ordinance 11-038 (Rodent Control) and provide opinions for the next meeting of this Council’s Special Committee on Rodent Issues on 1. whether city inspectors may enter onto private property; 2. how much time must elapse subsequent to the issuance of a citation for the city to “cause the work to be performed and charge the owner of the property and place a lien against the property for expenses incurred"; and 3. the minimum amount of time that may be imposed pursuant to 11-1038(e)."

 

Please see the attached response from Assistant City Solicitor Jason Piques.

 

Appropriate staff will be available if you require any further information.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 Cynthia Amara, City Solicitor