Norwood Young America City Council — Transcript

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Recovery House Ordinance Compliance

Solicitation Permit Process Review

Transit Access Ordinance Amendments

Chronic Nuisance Properties

Short-Term Rental Ordinance Enactment

Flock and ALPR Camera Moratorium and Policy

Notable Quotes (17)

we put registration through the health commissioner. Um from my understanding currently no intake process exists. Uh there's no registrations on record. Um we did not receive a report from the board of health on September 30th.

Recovery House Follow-up

I'm recommending is that we authorize a request either from this committee or from council for basically a get well plan, um, from the board of health and go from there with it.

Recovery House Follow-up

the reason we put it with the board of health instead of um the business department or business >> building >> building department... was because these types of homes are proposing an environment that leads to good health.

Recovery House Follow-up

My benchmarking shows that there is um drastic difference between how much the permit costs... but all of the ones I benchmarked are housed within the police department.

Solicitation Edits

There was one uh one department that I really liked where you could only get your solicitation license in the police department by appointment only.

Solicitation Edits

what they're looking for is not the fine so much as the ability to trespass people because um what we're not wanting is um [clears throat] the you know hey move you know move along move along and then 5 minutes later they're back or a day later they're back.

Transit Access

I would be totally fine and I believe the police would be fine with having it be no fee um or you know not not a charge but but to have the capacity to trespass.

Transit Access

I don't see how a fine is going to change anything for the positive for the folks that we're trying to address here.

Transit Access

we have some properties in Norwood, especially during kind of the spring to fall time frame, that have grass that grows pretty high, which can cause some um issues.

Chronic Nuisance

the health inspector will go and kind of issue them and our our normal practice is then that um citation [clears throat] is then forwarded to public works and they basically... take care of the property... and their backlog talked. Um, so it takes a couple of weeks to to get the issue actually resolved.

Chronic Nuisance

our current ordinance is not in effect. So, they don't have any data or anything like that.

Short-Term Rental Updates

I don't quite understand when we pass an ordinance how that then gets to the people who enforce it because it seems like this is the third or fourth instance that I've experienced since on council where that gap hasn't been crossed.

Short-Term Rental Updates

I think part of it is what happens on the other side is they don't have the systems to manage our legislation.

Short-Term Rental Updates

we did pass the ordinance uh last Tuesday to put a moratorum on these type of cameras. Um it is currently in the mayor's office.

Flock and ALPR Cameras

I've I've received some emails and reports that while um the chief of police has told me in practice they're following policy and above board, um the data isn't quite matching up with that narrative.

Flock and ALPR Cameras

it appears from the audit that the Nord Police Department is not really particularly strict about their policy in terms of who gets access or why.

Flock and ALPR Cameras

the DEA is going to the NOR Police Department and having them generate information. That information then leaves the department and goes wherever they want it to.

Flock and ALPR Cameras

Ordinances & Resolutions (8)

OrdinanceOrdinance

Passed in July concerning recovery homes, signed on the 17th, effective mid-August

House Bill 58Other

Currently sits with the Senate, discussed in March and April hearings, no vote yet

ResolutionResolution

Council's resolution discussed by the Planning Commission regarding recovery homes

PermitPermit

Solicitation permit, discussion about housing it in the police department

OrdinanceOrdinance

For transit access, discussion about removing the fine aspect

OrdinanceOrdinance

Current short-term rental ordinance, reported as not in effect

OrdinanceOrdinance

Passed last Tuesday to put a moratorium on Flock/ALPR cameras

Flock policyPolicy

Police department policy for Flock cameras, requested and received

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