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Trustees discuss enforcement penalties, $500-per-day language and fee doubling for unpermitted work
Summary
Trustees reviewed newly read penalty language that allows civil fines for zoning-code violations (noting a $500 per-offense figure read during the meeting) and discussed adding fee-schedule penalties (doubling fees on first offense, higher for repeat offenses) and court collection procedures.
Trustees revisited enforcement and penalty options on Oct. 1, focusing on language included in the zoning-text amendments that would allow civil fines for violations and on how the township should handle unpermitted construction.
The read resolution text includes a provision that any person, firm or corporation violating the zoning resolution is subject to prosecution under the Ohio Revised Code and "shall be assessed a…
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