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Mariposa County advisory committee presses staff for clear timelines as enforcement overhaul advances
Summary
The Code Compliance Advisory Committee asked staff for a discrete list of deliverables and timelines as it advances a plan to move enforcement into Title 1 and create an administrative abatement process; staff reported hundreds of open cases in the county tracking system.
The Mariposa County Code Compliance Advisory Committee pressed county staff on Tuesday for clearer deliverables, timelines and public-facing workflow charts as members advance a package of enforcement changes.
Staff described a multi-year effort to repeal and replace zoning enforcement language in code section 17.144 and to move enforcement procedures into Title 1, using a non‑punitive administrative abatement track intended to protect due process while avoiding fines. Planning staff cited Government Code 25845 and Government Code 27720 as models discussed by the ad hoc drafting group.
"The result was a list of kind of actionable items as part of the minute record, for repeal and replacement of 17.144," a planning staff member said while summarizing the history and the committee's role in shaping recommendations to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors.
Committee members repeatedly said the…
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