Property owners fix nuisance issues

RITZVILLE – Following a Tuesday, March 19, show-cause hearing, the City Council determined property at 105 W. Sixth Ave. is no longer a “nuisance” as defined by Article III of the city code.

The decision comes about a month after city employees photographed the property, documenting scrap piles, abandoned vehicles and appliances, a sagging fence, debris accumulation and fire hazards.

That was Feb. 19. The next day, Feb. 20, a letter was sent to property owners Scott Gilder and Tammy Clemm-Gilder directing them to clean up the property.

An hour before the show-cause hearing, Mayor Scott Yaeger...