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Tehachapi council introduces municipal code updates tightening fines, short-term rental rules, trash and parking enforcement
Summary
Council members voted 4-0 to introduce a package of municipal code updates that would let officers treat some violations as infractions rather than misdemeanors, move fine-setting to council resolution, limit new short-term rental permits to downtown, tighten trash rules and require parking between painted lines downtown. Adoption will be scheduled at a later meeting.
The Tehachapi City Council unanimously introduced a package of municipal code amendments that would change how the city enforces code violations, regulate short-term rentals more tightly, and add new requirements for trash and downtown parking.
Development Services staff said the proposed changes would allow police officers discretion to treat code violations as either infractions or misdemeanors depending on seriousness and repeat offenses, and would let the council update fine amounts by resolution rather than by ordinance. Staff described an administrative-appeals process using a…
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