During its work session tonight the Salisbury City Council is expected to take up a measure that would impose fines on problem properties.
The legislation is the Three Strikes provision of Mayor Jim Ireton’s rental legislation.
The nuisance law would allow the city to recover a portion of the costs connected with repeated calls for service to either the Salisbury Police Department or the Department of Neighborhood Services and Code Compliance.
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that the measure would impose fines after the property gets three verified calls for service within a year’s time.
The fourth call would carry a $100 administrative fee to be paid by the property owner.
A fifth call would produce a $250 fine with the management required to come up with a plan to prevent further calls.
