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Council introduces ordinance updating fines, short‑term rental limits, trash rules and parking compliance
Summary
Council introduced an ordinance revising administrative enforcement procedures and penalties, limiting new short‑term rental permits to downtown, clarifying advertising rules, adding trash‑control duties and enforcing marked parking spaces; staff said changes are administrative and CEQA‑exempt.
The Tehachapi City Council introduced an ordinance on first reading that would update several municipal-code chapters to modernize enforcement procedures and refine rules for short‑term rentals, garbage and parking compliance.
Development services staff told the council the package would (1) allow officers to treat violations as either misdemeanors or infractions based on seriousness or repetition and permit the city to set fine schedules by resolution rather than by ordinance, (2) limit issuance of new short‑term rental permits to a defined downtown zone while grandfathering existing permits in good standing, (3) clarify advertising…
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