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JUNK BOAT COMPLAINTS ON THE RISE IN HOQUIAM
By Ian Cope :: 243 Views
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A rudder and outboard apparently earns a free pass. The City of Hoquiam has taken steps to battle derelict cars and homes, but a loophole is allowing derelict boats to slip through: the city's nuisance ordinance does not include boats. City Planner Alyssa Thurman says a Department of Natural Resources plan does exist that allows the state to go after boats on state land or waterways, however there are other nautical eyesores out of the water or on private land that have begun to draw complaints. Thurman says the fact that they are on private land puts them outside the reach of the DNR. However the city is looking into the possibility of adding derelict vessels to the Hoquiam nuisance ordinance as a way of forcing owners to deal with the mess just as they would any other eyesore. |
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