Fishers, like many other cities its size, grapples with the issue of handling commercial business location calls for help from public safety (police, fire or emergency services).

The Fishers City Council gave first reading approval Monday night to a new public nuisance ordinance aimed at addressing this issue.  If final approval is provided by the Council, this measure will be effective August 1 of this year.

When (and if) the ordinance is in place, a commercial operation in Fishers with 7  calls for service, complaints and/or citations in a 90- day period will be issued a warning letter explaining the business, a property owner, operator or tenant, will be required to come in for a meeting with public safety and the health department, if the operation continues to have calls for service, complaints or citations.  Also, the commercial enterprise will be required to enter into a remediation agreement to address the reasons why there have been excessive calls, if they reach 10 calls for service, citations or complaints.  If the business continues to have calls for service, complaints and/or citations, they could be designated as a Chronic Violator and then be subject to a fine of $250 for each call, complaint or citation for a period of 6 months.

Only one vote is required to pass first reading, so the issue will return to the Council.

To view the PowerPoint presentation to City Council on this ordinance, use this link.