ICON thanks Alderman Proctor, Alderman McMenamin, the Realtors, and Corporation Council and looks forward to seeing the results in Springfield’s older neighborhoods. This will provide a useful tool for City inspectors and City legal to clean up long-term problem properties.
ICON supports ordinance 2016-099, which updates the Defenses to Code Violations ordinance. This change targets property owners who manipulate the complaint-driven property inspection and administrative court system by repeatedly violating property ordinances, then fixing the problem just in time to avoid fines.