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Planning board allows staff flexibility to reduce civil penalties for zoning violations
Summary
The board approved a text amendment to UDO Article 8 to remove a fixed dollar amount from the ordinance, refer penalties to the adopted fee schedule, and permit up to 100% reduction of accrued fines when a property owner shows good-faith efforts to comply; staff described the notice and appeal timing.
The Jacksonville Planning Advisory Board voted Dec. 8 to approve a text amendment to Article 8 of the Unified Development Ordinance that will give staff and the city manager discretion to reduce or waive accrued civil penalties when property owners or tenants demonstrate good-faith efforts to resolve zoning violations.
Jennifer, a planning staff presenter, told the board that civil penalties were first placed in the city’s fee schedule in October 2023 and have only recently been used as an enforcement tool. She said the fee schedule originally allowed up to $250 per…
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