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NUISANCE LAW REVISIONS DRAW OPPOSITION

Proposed changes to the City’s nuisance abatement law is drawing opposition from property managers and landlords throughout the community. The changes will affect commercial property managers/owners as well as residential. The changes expand their responsibility for illegal nuisance behavior of tenants such as noise and trash violations. It will increase the types of violations counted against properties and landlords and could bring legal action against them much sooner than existing law, including possible rental license revocation. One option under consideration that would make landlords potentially responsible for Minors In Possession (alcohol/drugs) has drawn much of the criticism. The city council passed the proposed ordinance on April 17, setting up a public hearing and possible adoption for May 1.

FLOOD STUDY TRIPLES AFFECTED PROPERTIES

A new study of the South Boulder Creek floodplain and the resulting revised flood maps put more that three times thee number of properties in the floodplain. That means hundreds of properties will be required to purchase flood insurance with an average cost of $1200. Previous studies placed only 363 structures in the floodplain while the new study places the number at 1,137. Of those 734 are primary residences and the balance are uninhabited structures like tool sheds, barns and other secondary use buildings. The Boulder City Council is adopted the study and maps and will send them on to the Federal Emergency Management Agency where they will become filed as the official 100 and 500 year flood maps for the area. FEMA will also certify a berm on the CU South property that protects much of the 308-acre parcel. There is speculation the CU and the City may consider some development agreement for the property that could include reshaping the floodplain in a way that could relieve most of the affected properties down stream.