City Planner Rob Pierce, at the request of Milford City Council, recently presented a draft ordinance for their review to address habitual repeat offenders related to code violations. Pierce and his staff created the draft ordinance using research conducted among other municipalities. “First, we would need to identify what a habitual repeat offender is,” Pierce said. “We would define it …
With four new members, Milford City Council was provided with information on the city’s code enforcement and rental inspection process. City planner Rob Pierce began the presentation by explaining what codes were used in enforcement. “For the code enforcement, we use Chapter 174 which adopts a standard called the International Property Maintenance Code which deals with both the interior and …
During the communication and correspondence section of a recent meeting, Milford City Council was made aware of a problem facing a long-time resident and a rental property next door that had multiple code violations. According to Councilman Michael Stewart, the resident reached out to him and indicated she had gotten no assistance from code enforcement. “A constituent reached out to …
