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Article: 8:43 p.m.: San Bernardino plans to put more teeth into code enforcement
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- The Sun, San Bernardino, Calif.
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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SAN BERNARDINO - Efforts by officials to put more teeth into code
enforcement have added a new term in the city's legal lexicon.
"Administrative civil penalties." Noun. The part of San
Bernardino's municipal code that allows city officers to impose
fines of as much as $1,000 per violation, per day, for any violation
of city code.
City Attorney James F. Penman said code enforcement officers, as
well as police and some members of the Fire and Development Services
departments and City Attorney's and City Clerk's offices will begin
serving notices of the new penalties Tuesday.
The new tool amounts to "significantly increasing the enforcement
of city ordinances," Penman said.
The City Council ...