During the public comment period of the February 4th meeting of the Franklin Town Council, a resident (accompanied by neighbors) of Pauline Avenue spoke about concerns about several properties on that street.
Mayor Bob Scott shared with members of the council (but not the media or the public) printed photos he had taken on the street earlier that day. He and John Henning, Jr., the town attorney discussed the problem and methods that were available to the Town of Franklin to deal with what the mayor called urban blight.
The mayor spoke about the broken windows theory and expressed a desire to handle problems like this as quickly as possible with the town taking summary action and clearing up the property on their own. He floated the idea that the Fire Chief could search the property without a search warrant, what he called an administrative search to discover if there were imminent dangers to the community on the property. The town attorney counseled the mayor against immediate action because it was 'legally perilous'. The mayor directed the Fire Chief to visit the property to inspect it to see if the property posed an imminent danger to the community.
The gist of the discussion was that the timeline for addressing resident's concerns was months, not days, it would take perhaps something around 60 days or so.
Gavel-to-gavel video of the Feb 2019 meeting and supporting documents are posted on the blog. [LINK]
Terms and Concepts
Broken Windows Theory [LINK]
Administrative Search Warrants in North Carolina [LINK]
Urban Blight [LINK]
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Published at 12:02 pm on February 5, 2019
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