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Provo zoning administrator pushes civil fines to speed enforcement; council adopts reporting, not the fine schedule
Summary
Zoning Administrator Scott proposed restarting civil fines as a targeted tool against repeat or uncooperative code violators and presented a tiered schedule; council and staff agreed to pilot civil fines and to adjust enforcement reporting cadence.
Lede: Provo’s zoning administrator, Scott, told the City Council on March 25 that the city can and should use civil fines again as a targeted tool for repeat code violators, and said he has begun limited collections while staff work on an updated fine schedule.
Nut graf: Scott said the city historically favored criminal enforcement because fines were not reliably collectible. He reported that the city has since contracted collection services through finance and has restarted a civil fines pilot aimed at worst offenders; he proposed a simplified tiered schedule with escalating daily fines and no fixed cap for long-standing violations. Councilors asked for clearer offense categories and…
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