Council discusses nuisance determinations

How do you determine when there’s a nuisance within the city? Council Member Jana McLean asked this question at last week’s meeting of the Sundance City Council with the hope of making sure that the city is treating every resident fairly.

It seems there are several nuisances around town, McLean said, but not all of them have been served a nuisance letter. She expressed her concern that the council is not being uniform in its treatment of potential nuisance properties.

City Attorney Mark Hughes explained there is a definition of a “nuisance” within the city’s ordinances, but that it is fairly b...