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Somerville committee backs Home Rule Petition to raise fine caps, adds indexing and delayed start date
Summary
The committee voted to recommend a Home Rule Petition to raise maximum fines from $300 to $2,000 and index the cap every five years; members amended the petition to delay the first indexing date to Jan. 1, 2027.
The Somerville Legislative Matters Committee on Sept. 30 voted to recommend a Home Rule Petition that would let the city raise maximum fines for municipal ordinance violations, currently capped at $300, to as much as $2,000 and to index that cap for inflation every five years.
Colin Ziegler, environmental health manager for Inspectional Services, told the committee the HRP would not itself change specific fines immediately but would give departments…
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