Youngstown to start enforcing quality of life violations Jan. 1

YOUNGSTOWN

The city will enforce its quality-of-life ordinance starting Jan. 1, and is in a grace period through the end of the year, issuing warnings to violators.

“We may do some sweeps to enforce it, but we view it as another tool in our toolbox to clean up the city and make it a better place to live,” said Abigail Beniston, the city’s property-code-enforcement and blight-remediation superintendent.

Among the items on the quality-of-life list that are illegal are: barking and howling dogs, storing junk and inoperable motor vehicles in public, burning of trash, dumping garbage, illegally parking vehicles, and loud music.

The ordinance, approved by city council in May, includes administrative penalties for those in violation of those rules.

Read more about the plan in Thursday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.