Chair and Meeting. The building inspector or his designee shall serve as chair of the public nuisance task force. The task force shall meet regularly, as necessary, to consider and review subject properties and to meet with notified property owner(s) regarding the abatement of a public nuisance.
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Procedures. Members of the task force shall identify residential properties that present chronic public nuisance issues for the city and, after adequate review and investigation, notice shall be sent to the property owner(s) to abate the identified nuisance(s) or provide the task force with a comprehensive plan for abatement within ten (10) days. A request will be made to the property owner(s) to meet with the task force to discuss the public nuisances maintained on the subject property and develop and abatement plan. Upon request, the task force shall provide general but limited guidance during the abatement process. However, the property owner(s) shall remain solely responsible for knowing all laws, code and regulations applicable to the maintenance of the property. To assist the task force in identifying nuisance properties, the director of the building inspections shall maintain a track spreadsheet of the issuance of all building code violations organized by the address of the subject of the violation, the record shall include the specifics of the violation and fines assessed. It shall not include the identity of the complainant. It shall also include the dates and results of the department of inspections investigation and the dates and results of municipal court proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no information will be provided unless in compliance with the Rhode Island Access to Public Records Act (RIGL 38-2 et seq.)
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