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Council adds $1,000 fine to fee schedule for unauthorized use of emergency egress, approves overdue-payment collection language
Summary
Hideout’s council amended the fee and rate schedule to add a $1,000 fine for unauthorized motorized use of a designated emergency egress and to require overdue accounts to include 'plus collection costs' for collection agency expenses.
The Hideout Town Council voted to modify the adopted fee and rate schedule to clarify enforcement mechanisms and overdue payment recovery. Councilors said the change is intended as deterrence to keep emergency egress routes clear rather than to raise revenue.
Council members discussed an ordinance already on the books that penalizes unauthorized motorized use of a designated emergency egress that runs along the lift station and connects to Vantage; staff said the ordinance had not been added to the town’s fee schedule. After debate about appropriate deterrent amounts for contractors and subcontractors who park in the egress, the council adopted two changes: inserting the $1,000 fine for unauthorized motorized use of the emergency egress and adding "plus collection costs" under overdue payment provisions so the town may recover collection agency fees.
Speakers urged clear signage and enforcement (including possible cameras and compliance officers) and asked staff to add the fine explicitly to the published fee schedule for due-process clarity. The council recorded verbal 'yes' votes in favor of the motion; the transcript records council consensus and direction to coordinate implementation with the compliance program and to ensure signage and communication accompany enforcement.
