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Ordinance No. 17-108 repealing Section 715 (Nuisance Abatement Advisory Committee) of Part 7 (Civil Abatement of Public Nuisances) of Article 6 (Offenses Affecting Property) of Chapter 9 (Public Offenses) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended
Presenter:
Bret Waters, Deputy Chief of Staff
Sean Mandel, Commander, Colorado Springs Police Department
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Summary:
The Nuisance Abatement Advisory Committee is inactive and City staff requests its discontinuance through the recommended City Code amendment.
Previous Council Action:
The City Council passed Ordinance No. 00-104 in 2000 establishing the City's civil abatement of public nuisances ordinances and the formation of the Nuisance Abatement Advisory Committee. City Council passed Ordinance No. 06-51 reducing the number of annual mandatory meetings of the Committee.
Background:
On June 29, 2000 Ordinance No. 00-104 established the formation of the Nuisance Abatement Advisory Committee. In 2001, Ordinance No. 01-42 recodified the City Code creating a new numbering system. Ordinance No. 06-51 reduced the number of annual mandatory meetings of the Committee.
The definition of a public nuisance is: Any place where people congregate, which encourages a disturbance of the peace or where the conduct of persons in or about that place annoys or disturbs the peace of the occupants of or persons attending the place, the residents in the vicinity or the passersby on the public street or highway. Evidence of the existence of a nuisance shall include evidence of two (2) or more occurrences of illegal activity in, at or upon the premises. Evidence may include, but shall not be limited to, evidence that two (2) or more of the following illegal activities are occurring in, at or upon the premises, or that the premises are used to commit, conduct, promote, facilitate or aid the commission of any of the following activities (for purposes of this section the illegal activity shall have ...
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