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Committee refers increase to routine blight and housing fines to council after extended questioning
Summary
The Committee on Administrative Finance and Law and Public Services voted to refer a proposal that would raise the general penalty for certain blight, housing and animal/health ordinance violations from $99 to $150 to the full council with a neutral recommendation after detailed questioning of enforcement staff about collections, staffing and lien practice.
The Committee on Administrative Finance and Law and Public Services voted April 1 to refer to the Common Council a proposal to raise the general penalty for unspecified ordinance violations from $99 to $150.
The committee heard a presentation from department staffer Caleb, who said recent state enabling language raised the ceiling on penalties and allowed the city to revisit its maximums across blight, housing and animal/health violations. "Our sole purpose...is to educate first and enforce second," Caleb said, adding that the proposed change is intended to give enforcement "more…
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