This is what Detroit looks like when he has to get up a 7:30 AM on a Saturday
I attended this today. There was a Q & A Listening and Learning session at the beginning. The mayor brought up code enforcement. When I had a chance to get the microphone I reminded the citizens of their constitutional property rights and told them the city needs to adhere to them when handling cases. I also told the people in attendance that the city has lost many cases because they are not adhering to those rights. I also got in this plug,
“You should see how much the city is spending on private legal advice, I advise you to look at those expenditures in the budget. We could fund snowgates for the next 20 years on those costs alone. (paraphrasing).” (I will post the video when it becomes available)
Code Enforcement Czar for the city, Kevin Smith said that the city is using something called the International Property Maintenance codes as a model.
WOW!
Of course the mayor threw it back at the city council to reform the codes.
What I don’t understand is why are we modeling our code on the IPM code, why not write code that is in conjunction and cooperation with the community? Because maybe that would take work.
I said, “It is a property owner’s decision on how they want their property to look, not my neighbors or the citys.”