Agenda Item Wording:
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Ordinance Update - Conduct a Public Hearing and consider a first reading of Ordinance No. 2025-12, a request by the City of Visalia to revise Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 8.40.060.C.1 and 2 "Declaration of Public Nuisance; Issuance of Administrative Enforcement Order". (Ordinance No. 2025-12 required).
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Prepared by:
Jesse Villegas, Code Enforcement Officer, jesse.villegas@visalia.city, (559) 713-4191,
Tracy Robertshaw, Neighborhood Preservation Manager, tracy.robertshaw@visalia.city, (559) 713-4187,
Paul Bernal, Planning and Community Preservation Director, paul.bernal@visalia.city, (559) 713-4025
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the Visalia City Council hold a public hearing, receive a presentation and staff report, and introduce the first reading of Ordinance No. 2025-12, amending Visalia Municipal Code Section 8.40.060 (C).
Summary:
The proposed ordinance update is to bring the City of Visalia into compliance with Assembly Bill (AB) 1418, which prohibits a local agency from authorizing or returning the imposition of a penalty against a resident, owner, tenant, landlord, or another person as a consequence of contact with a law enforcement or emergency assistance being summoned by certain individuals, including a victim of abuse or crime. This ordinance update, if approved, will bring the City of Visalia into compliance with this State statute.
Background Discussion:
On October 8, 2023, the California Governor signed into law Assembly Bill 1418, which took effect on January 1, 2024. Assembly Bill (AB) 1418 added Government Code section 53165.1, which prohibits a local agency from authorizing or returning the imposition of a penalty against a resident, owner, tenant, landlord, or another person as a consequence of contact with a law enforcement or emergency assistance being summoned by certain individuals, including a victim of abuse or crime.
Visalia Municipal Code Chapter 8.40 Nuisances, Section 8.40...
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