Citywide inspections begin in April

Every property in Sidney will be inspected starting in April.

City employees will be looking for basic violations, Ed Sadler, city manager, said.

“We’re inspecting for the obvious,” Sadler said. “If you’ve got the car parked in the front yard, the mattress piled up against the side of the house. You don’t have any house numbers on it. You’ve got trash bags piled up. We’re trying to get things cleaned up.”

He added, “For the violations we’ll take pictures and we’ll send out a letter.”

Citizens will have 30 days to clean up, Sadler said, and if there are still violat...