<body><div>PETOSKEY — Since January, Petoskey’s code enforcement officer has reported 322 violations ranging from grass height to disabled vehicles.City manager Shane Horn provided code enforcement statistics to the Petoskey City Council during their meeting on Monday.By far, signs had the most violations with 122. That was followed by miscellaneous — which could include a wide variety of issues like noise and animal complaints or illegal camping — with 59 violations, and then grass violations with 51. Other categories include ordinances involving garbage, short term rentals, trailers, licensing and more.<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0N1pXq_0wNS03BX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0N1pXq_0wNS03BX00" width="960" height="720" ><figcaption>Petoskey City Hall is located at 101 E. Lake St.</figcaption></figure>“This continues to track kind of the same way,” Horn said. “Sign violations are our number one code issue that we experience. Then miscellaneous is kind of a catch-all, but it involves a lot of different things.”Horn said he plans to return to council at a later time with a potential camping ordinance.“You may have experienced or gotten some complaints about illegal camping going on along the bay front,” he said. “When I pulled in this morning at 7:30 a.m. there was a camper van that had their blinds down. We saw that a lot this summer, so we’re going to come back to city council and address that with some ordinances.”Subscribe: Check out our offers and access the local news that matters to youMayor John Murphy applauded the work that has been done in code enforcement and thanked the council for their support in hiring an officer for that position.“I think this is really nice, it lets people know we have stuff that we’re working on at all times,” he said. “I think at times when citizens complain about government, this is a prime example of something that was initiated about two years ago, people wanting code enforcement and complaining about everything that you see here from disabled vehicles, licensing, sign violations, etc.”Horn added that he was initially concerned there wouldn’t be enough work for the code enforcement officer, “but obviously as you can see we’re busy with opportunities to address blight and property maintenance code issues.”Horn also noted the increase in collaboration between the city and Emmet County in addressing these issues.“I just appreciate the opportunity to collaborate, and when we see something we’ll reach out to them and vice versa,” he said. “I think for the first time in maybe a long time we’re really developing a good collaborative relationship where we’re looking to hold property owners accountable appropriately for deficiencies, and then by combining our efforts I think that makes us stronger if we need to take that next step into the courts.”For more information about the city’s code enforcement, visit petoskey.us/services/public_safety/code_enforcement/index.php.— Contact Jillian Fellows at jfellows@petoskeynews.com. This article originally appeared on The Petoskey News-Review: Petoskey reports more than 300 code enforcement violations so far in 2024</div></body>

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Petoskey reports more than 300 code enforcement violations so far in 2024

PETOSKEY — Since January, Petoskey’s code enforcement officer has reported 322 violations ranging from grass height to disabled vehicles. City manager Shane Horn provided code enforcement statistics to the Petoskey City Council during their meeting on Monday. By far, signs had the most violations with 122. That was...