Citation Schedule

Section 3.140 Violation Type & Citation Schedule

Section 3.140 Violation Type

Code

Fee

MAX FINES

MAX FINES PER DAY

Solid Waste & Junk Nuisance

2.060

$280 
per violation, per day

$20,000.00

$2,000
per violation, per day

Vehicular Nuisance

2.070

$100 
per violation, per day

$20,000.00

$2,000
per violation, per day

Land Use & Zoning Nuisance*

2.080

$280 
per violation, per day

$20,000.00

$2,000
per violation, per day

(* except for illegal dwellings or structures)

N/A

N/A

   

LUDO site violations

2.100

$280
per violation, per day

$20,000.00

$2,000
per violation, per day

Illegal Dwelling or structure, permanent or temporary

2.090

$2,000
per violation, per day

$20,000.00

$2,000
per violation per day

SECTION 3.060 Separate Violations Each day's violation of a provision of this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.

SECTION 3.070 Citation Procedure In addition to the abatement procedures set forth in this Ordinance, the County staff person enforcing said ordinance section may issue a citation for a nuisance violation, which will result in the filing of a complaint in the Circuit Court.

SECTION 3.130 Establishment of Administrative Civil Penalties

  1. Utilizing the procedure set forth in Section 3.140, Determination of Amount of Penalty, the Compliance Officer shall determine the penalty amount that may be imposed for a particular violation. No monetary penalty imposed under this section shall exceed $2,000, per violation, per day. Except for illegal structures and illegal dwellings, the maximum accrued penalty plus all County charges shall not exceed $10,000. Unless they are recorded as a lien, reach the penalty cap, or are otherwise addressed in an agreement written into the abatement plan, unpaid penalties will double after 6 months and again after 1 year from the date they are originally assessed at which time the County may record the penalty as a lien.

NOTE: If the violation is still active on the property, penalties and County charges resulting from an illegal dwelling or structure will be paid to the County at the time the property is sold by a collection of the lien amount. If the illegal dwelling or structure remains in violation on the property the fine will be assessed daily up to $20,000 or the assessed value of the dwelling or structure; whichever is higher, then be recorded as a lien against the property.

SECTION 3.150 Abatement of Nuisance as Last Resort- Except in the case of summary abatement, abatement of a nuisance by the County shall only proceed if the owner of record or person in charge of the property has not satisfactorily abated the violation within 15 days of the Notice of Failure to Comply/Administrative Civil Penalties. Abatement of a nuisance by the County will only be initiated if all other remedies to correct the violation have failed.