Council attaches fines to Hardwick's nuisance ordinance

Violators of Hardwick’s new nuisance ordinance will pay a per-day fine plus assessment costs under an enforcement program adopted last week.
Council members, minus Crystal Swenson who was absent, unanimously supported the enforcement program at their Aug. 10 meeting.
Under the newly adopted program a fee of $100 per offense per day plus a $75 assessment would be issued to any violator found not complying with the city’s nuisance ordinance.
The ordinance was adopted earlier this year and pertains to issues that affect the health, morals and decency, peace and safety of its residents.
The nuisance ordinance is an effort to reduce the amount of materials accumulating against garages and unlicensed vehicles parked in yards throughout town.
The six-page ordinance also lists other nuisance offenses.
Adoption of the enforcement program stipulates each day a violation(s) continues, the person, firm, corporation or group would be guilty of a misdemeanor.
As a result, violators would be subject to fines and assessment fees after a 10-day order to comply with the ordinance passes. Unpaid fines could be assessed to the property.