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Hideout adopts tougher stop-work authority to enforce developer fee payment
Summary
The council adopted an ordinance strengthening the town’s ability to issue stop-work orders and related penalties when developers or contractors fail to pay required fees, directing staff to align penalty amounts with the fee schedule.
The Hideout Town Council adopted an ordinance intended to strengthen enforcement tools over development activity, including explicit stop-work order authority for the town when developers fail to pay required fees.
Staff said the ordinance clarifies the town’s ability to halt on-site work and pursue related remedies to prevent the town from effectively acting as a lender when developers do not meet fee obligations. Council members and the town attorney discussed follow-up steps to add daily or incremental penalties to the fee schedule; staff said the ordinance and the fee schedule are complementary and the latter will be updated to set specific penalty amounts.
The motion to adopt the ordinance passed with supporting votes recorded verbally in the meeting. Councilors framed the change as a protection of town resources and an enforcement tool of last resort: "We can't afford to be a bank," a council member said. Staff will return with recommended fee-schedule penalty amounts and associated implementation steps.
