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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />JUNE 17, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />APPROVED <br />ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION <br />REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE <br />FINES RELATING TO CODE <br />ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS <br />CI ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1St Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing <br />For <br />CONTINUED <br />TO <br />FILE <br />NUMBER <br />1. Adopt an ordinance amending the Santa Ana Municipal Code to allow the amount of <br />administrative fines and penalties to be set by Resolution. <br />2. Adopt a Resolution adjusting administrative fines imposed for violations of the Santa Ana <br />Municipal Code. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) provides that violations of the code may be prosecuted <br />as misdemeanors, punishable by fine and/or imprisonment. Alternatively, the Code authorizes <br />enforcement through the issuance of administrative citations, and the imposition of fines for the <br />violations. Currently the administrative fine imposed for violating the provisions of SAMC are <br />$100 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation of the same code section within a one year <br />period, and $500 for succeeding violations within the one year period. Additionally, the SAMC <br />authorizes the imposition of a special assessment in those cases which a violator fails to pay the <br />fine within the allowed time. With the adoption of the proposed Ordinance, the Municipal Code <br />will authorize the City Council to establish, by resolution, the amount of administrative fines and <br />penalties. <br />The proposed Resolution increases the fines for most code violations to a maximum of $100 for <br />the first violation, $500 for a second violation of the same provision within a one year period and <br />$1,000 for subsequent violations of the same section within the one year period. Fines for <br />violations designated as infractions by the SAMC, such as leaving trash cans in the street, will <br />remain at current levels, not to exceed $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second violation <br />5OA-1