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Aberdeen tightens enforcement: board adopts higher penalties for unpermitted clearing
Summary
The board adopted UDO amendment TA-24-07 authorizing staff to assess civil penalties at first notice and introducing a penalty matrix (ranging roughly $100–$3,000) and guiding factors after staff cited a case of large unpermitted clearing on Rosland Road.
Aberdeen commissioners approved a change to the Unified Development Ordinance on Jan. 25 that expands the town’s ability to levy civil penalties for land-disturbance and other UDO violations, including authority to assess penalties at the first notice of violation and a structured penalty matrix.
Planning Director Pam said the amendment responds to recent cases in which large-scale unpermitted clearing occurred ahead of required…
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