(Milford)– Milford police may soon have a new tool available to help in the fight against drugs and people that have loud music blaring in their residences.
The city council Monday approved the first reading of a disorderly house ordinance.
Police Chief Vernon Flack says the ordinance would give police an additional legal leg to stand on in cracking down on things such as drugs and loud music coming from houses and apartments. It would also give them another option for filing charges in cases of underage drinking in homes and for storing stolen items.
When it comes to noise, the proposed ordinance would allow authorities to file charges if two or more complaints are received from the same residence within 24 hours or four or more in three months.
Many local cities already have disorderly house ordinances in place.
In other business, the Milford city council voted four-to-one NOT to hold a city-wide clean-up day this spring. Councilman Mike Anderson cast the lone no vote.
The council approved the establishment of a tax increment finance district for the Mayer Subdivision after a public hearing drew no opposition; and they adopted the budget for the upcoming fiscal year following a public hearing. It puts the levy at $11.43 per thousand dollars valuation…down 40 cents per thousand currently.
They approved a request from the fire department to put some blacktop on both sides of “N” Avenue in front of the fire station to solve a problem with fire trucks getting hung up on the crown of the street; and they reviewed findings from the D-O-T that recommend a 40 mile-per-hour speed limit on county road A-34 on the city’s west side. Currently the limit 35 miles-per-hour going west out of town. Coming into town it’s 45 miles-per-hour. The city council want it lowered to 35 miles-per-hour on both sides of the road siting concern over a school bus stop in that area. The council directed city staff to write a letter to the county, which has jurisdiction over the road, requesting the 35 mile-per-hour limit. Similar requests in the past haven’t gone anywhere.
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