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Seattle Council Targets Nuisance Properties, Graffiti, and Safety-Themed Sales Tax Bump » The Urbanist

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City council is ramping up criminalization and considering funding more addiction treatment services. Do their plans add up to a cohesive strategy? Last Tuesday, the Seattle City Council voted 7-1 to pass changes to the city’s 16-year-old nuisance property ordinance that will expand the powers of the Seattle Police Department (SPD) to declare a business or residence a “chronic nuisance.”  The old law has been used 17 times in the 16 years it has…
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theurbanist.org broke the news in on Monday, July 21, 2025.
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