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Recommendation to receive and file a report on the results of the Nuisance Motel Pilot Program by the Office of Civic Innovation and Development Services Department; and
Request City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to establish a Nuisance Motel Program. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In October 2018, the City Manager directed the Office of Civic Innovation to coordinate an interdepartmental team to explore strategies to address nuisance activities of motel uses that affect the quality of life in the surrounding community. This effort was initiated and included staff from the City Prosecutor and City Attorney Offices, Development Services, Health and Human Services, Police, Fire, and Financial Management Departments. This team became known as the Nuisance Motel Task Force (Task Force) and was tasked to collaborate and develop a strategy to eliminate or reduce nuisance and criminal activities by establishing a procedure to enhance transparency and accountability in motel operations and a process to hold motel property owners accountable for nuisance and criminal activities.
The objective of the Task Force was to develop a compliance plan for nuisance motels and to test the efficacy of the compliance plan in a pilot program. The compliance plan that was developed incorporates best practices for motel operations as well as existing City regulations, with a focus on property security measures, and the use of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) tools and techniques. To implement the compliance plan, as well as provide additional vetting specific to the pilot motels, the Task Force conducted site meetings and provided additional operational recommendations for motel staff, such as added security inspections and activity logs.
Pilot Program
To identify the motels with high levels of nuisance activity to include in the pilot program, the Task Force aggregated calls for service and Incident Report records from the Long Beach Police Department for...
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