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O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 16, 1991 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item ,#-X=E,— <br />SUBJECT: Standards for Civil Penalties Decision - making <br />DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND PUBLIC HEARING: Yes xx No <br />INSPECTIONS <br />ATTACHMENTS (S) : <br />Standards for Postponing <br />and Rescinding Making <br />Demand for Payment <br />of Civil Penalties <br />for Continuing <br />Zoning Violations <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Hinkley <br />Extension 2584 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough <br />732 -8181 <br />Durham <br />688 -7331 <br />Mebane <br />227 -2031 <br />Chapel Hill <br />968-4501 <br />PURPOSE: To establish standards for demanding pay- <br />ment of civil penalties for zoning viola- <br />tions. <br />BACKGROUND: Over the past year, an increasing number <br />of zoning cases has reached the civil pen- <br />alties stages of enforcement. The Board <br />of County Commissioners faces sometimes <br />difficult decisions in making and delaying <br />demand for payment when violations are not <br />corrected and in rescinding demand for <br />payment when violations are corrected. <br />The Board has asked the Administration to <br />prepare standards to assist it in making <br />fair and consistent decisions when delay- <br />ing and rescinding demand for payment of <br />civil penalties. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: The Administration recommends that the <br />Board of County Commissioners adopt stan- <br />dards to assist in decision- making in the <br />following areas. <br />1. Delaying making demands for payment of <br />civil penalties. <br />2. Rescinding demands for payment of civil <br />penalties. <br />1 <br />