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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.

SOUTH BOULDER CREEK FLOODPLAIN NEWS YOU CAN USE

Recently, I informed you that the Boulder City Council approved revised floodplain mapping for South Boulder Creek on April 17, 2007. The revised mapping increases the number of affected structures three fold, from a total of 363 to 1137. Of that number, 734 are primary residences. If you are involved in transactions with the affected properties you will want to disclose both the current and proposed floodplain status of the subject property.

You can determine and verify if a property is in the revised South Boulder Creek floodplain by following these steps.

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The City will begin enforcing land use and building code requirements on the affected properties based on the revised mapping within a month or less from now. Most newly affected properties will experience very shallow flooding within the 100 year floodplain and will see little change, if any, on their abiliity to alter the structure other than meeting code requirements designed to mitigate the flood hazard. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will formally adopt the proposed South Boulder Creek floodplain mapping in about a year from submittal by the City of Boulder. Once FEMA adopts the revised mapping, owners of the affected properties will be required to obtain flood hazard insurance. In the interim, you may want to advise your clients that they should consider obtaining flood hazard insurance now, or before the revised mapping is adopted by FEMA since property owners can get substantially lower insurance premiums prior to adoption of the revised mapping. If you have questions or need assistance contact the City Flood Management Cooridinator, Christina Martinez at 303.441.1886 or via email at martinezc@bouldercolorado.gov