S - Planning - Demand for Payment of Civil Penalties - IX-E

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1. Cease and desist all dumping immediately. 2 . Post "No Trespassing" and "No Dumping" signs on the property. 3. Construct some form of locked gate to prevent entrance into the area were the dump is operated. 4. Leave any materials previously dumped there as is and not burn or bury them. Records indicate you did post "No Dumping" signs but quickly removed them. By certified letter from the Orange County Planing Department dated October 27, 1992, you were again warned that your property continues to be in violation of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. You were ordered to take the same steps mentioned above. This certified letter was refused by you and was subsequently sent regular mail and was not returned. Again by certified letter from the Orange County Planning Department dated March 2, 1994, you were informed that your property was in violation of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance. You were again ordered to take the same steps outlined above. Inspections conducted since that date reveal that you have taken no action to discontinue the use of your land as a landfill. You were informed in that letter and in previous letters that civil and/or criminal action may be taken against you, including the assessment of a $100.00 a day civil penalty for each days violation, if you did not remedy this situation. On Tuesday, January 17, 1995, the Board of County Commissioners discussed this zoning compliance matter at its regularly scheduled meeting. You were informed of this by letter from the Orange County Planning Department dated January 12, 1995. You did not appear at that meeting. At that meeting the Board voted unanimously to make demand for payment of civil penalties accrued since March 2, 1994 . Pursuant to Article 23 .2 (d) of the Orange County Zoning Ordinance you were to stop the operation of the illegal landfill upon, receipt of the March 2, 1994, letter. Weekly inspections subsequent to the March 2, 1994 letter have revealed that new materials have been dumped each week, proving weekly, if not daily, use of the land as a landfill. As a result of this use of the property as a landfill, civil penalties in the amount of $100.00 a week have been accruing since March 2, 1994 . On behalf of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, I hereby make demand upon you for payment of the accrued civil penalties in the amount of $4, 500. 00 or $100. 00 for each week from March 2, 1994 to January 17, 1995. If the $4,500.00 civil penalty is not paid within 30 days from the date of this letter, this