LIVE OAK — The City Council on Aug. 19 advanced a rewrite of the city’s nuisance abatement rules after a public hearing that drew objections over garbage-can restrictions and property-entry language.
According to the meeting summary, staff proposed repealing and replacing Live Oak Municipal Code Title 8, Chapter 8.24, while also repealing Title 14 and folding the city’s nuisance provisions into a single updated ordinance. The staff presentation said the changes were intended to streamline enforcement, clarify definitions and give the city clearer procedures for notices, appeals and abatement.
Council discussion centered on how far the city should go in regulating private property and enforcing the code. The summary says public commenter Alan Deela objected to a section dealing with garbage containers, and council members ultimately modified Section 8.24.100(I) to allow garbage cans within 15 feet of the front yard line for 12 hours.
The meeting summary says the motion to advance the ordinance passed 3-1, with Councilmember Nancy Santana voting no.
The same summary says the ordinance update was one part of a broader council meeting that also included consent-calendar action and city manager updates on elections, grant applications and local projects.
