Garden City is launching a new Administrative Hearings Bureau (AHB) — commonly called “Blight Court” — to handle property maintenance violations faster and keep cases out of district court.
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Garden City launches ‘blight court’ for faster code enforcement
The city’s Community Development Director, Matt Miller, said the new process is designed to resolve blight violations quickly and internally.
“We’re not doing it as a way to punish people. We want to see compliance. That’s the end goal,” Miller said…