Ellicott approves quality of life code tickets
Ellicott officials are investigating a quality of life ticketing system in an attempt to decrease the volume of code cases making their way to town court. Brandon Shelters, Ellicott code enforcement officer, made the suggestion during the Ellicott Town Board's July 7 meeting. Rather than sending code violations to Ellicott Town Court, which ends up driving up the number of cases in court and allows code cases to stay open longer, Shelters suggested the use of violation tickets for common code violations. Jamestown's quality of life tickets give code enforcement officers the option ...