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File #: 25-890    Version: 1
Type: Consent Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/12/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/26/2025 Final action:
Title: Amendment of the San José Municipal Code to Increase the Maximum Administrative Penalties.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Ordinance, 3. Memorandum from Ortiz, Campos & Tordillos, 8/22/25, 4. Letter from the Public

...Title

Amendment of the San José Municipal Code to Increase the Maximum Administrative Penalties. 

...Recommendations

Approve an ordinance amending Title 1 General Provisions, Section 1.13.150 of Chapter 1.13 and Section 1.14.090 of Chapter 1.14 of the San José Municipal Code to increase the per day maximum administrative penalty from $2,500 to $10,000 for each ongoing violation; and increase the maximum administrative penalty from $100,000 to $500,000 exclusive of administrative costs, interest and restitution for compliance reinspections, for any related series of violations.

CEQA: Not a Project, File No. PP17-008, General Procedure and Policy Making resulting in no changes to the physical environment. (Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement)