No, they just have to file criminal charges for every illegal action.
I work in municipal government, and we have to work within this framework, and we do fine. If someone build a fence over their property line into the ROW and doesn’timmediatelyremove it when we point it out, we don’t just make them pay a $500 fine and move on. We cite them for every violation they’ve made. So we get them for blocking the ROW, for construction without a permit, for construction in the ROW without obtaining a license to encroach, for building without registration of contractors, for building outside of the setbacks, for violation of any fence design guidelines, for blocking a fire lane, etc. So that’s 7 violates at $500, so it’s $3,500.
And as long as it isn’t removed, we cite them daily, so that each time the court meets twice a month they get over 50 grand in fines.
No, they just have to file criminal charges for every illegal action.
I work in municipal government, and we have to work within this framework, and we do fine. If someone build a fence over their property line into the ROW and doesn’timmediatelyremove it when we point it out, we don’t just make them pay a $500 fine and move on. We cite them for every violation they’ve made. So we get them for blocking the ROW, for construction without a permit, for construction in the ROW without obtaining a license to encroach, for building without registration of contractors, for building outside of the setbacks, for violation of any fence design guidelines, for blocking a fire lane, etc. So that’s 7 violates at $500, so it’s $3,500.
And as long as it isn’t removed, we cite them daily, so that each time the court meets twice a month they get over 50 grand in fines.
That lights a fire under their asses.