Karen Rothe, the director of the Harvey County Planning, Zoning and Environment department, currently deals with nuisance properties in the rural county areas. Rothe said right now, the rules around nuisance violations aren’t clear and she would like more weight behind the notices she does send. “I’d like something that would give me a little more leverage and would be more definitive on what a nuisance is,” Rothe said. “It’s not as clear as I would like it to be.” Right now Rothe said the main things the county considers a nuisance are broken down vehicles, things in a floodplain that aren’t secure, or things that could be a fire hazard. “What we’re looking at is safety,” Rothe said. Other examples she gave were leaking gas cans or old tires that could gather water and attract mosquitoes.
Source: Harvey County Now
