Summary
Board members pressed staff about adding escalating fines for repeat ordinance violations and a new inspection fee for home-based businesses. Repeat code violations currently burn staff time with no escalating penalty, and a fee for the new home-based business license requirement is headed to council in September.
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Last discussed Sep 3, 2026.
Impact analysis
A new home-based business inspection fee would add revenue, and escalating fines could recover enforcement costs.
Residents tired of seeing the same code violations ignored, and the building department's enforcement workload.
Repeat ordinance violators who would face escalating fines.
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