DATE: June 4, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Nathan Magsig, Supervisor, District Five
John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
Lisa A. Smittcamp, District Attorney
SUBJECT: Adoption of Amendment to Ordinance Code of Fresno County,
Amending Chapter 8.22, "Illegal Dumping Ordinance" to Title 8,
"Health and Safety"
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Conduct second hearing and adopt an Ordinance amending the Fresno County Ordinance Code, Title 8, to amend Chapter 8.22, "Illegal Dumping Ordinance"; and waive reading of Ordinance in its entirety.
REPORT
The recommended actions amend Chapter 8.22, "Illegal Dumping Ordinance" of Title 8, "Health and Safety" of the Ordinance Code of Fresno County to streamline administrative, civil, and criminal enforcement of illegal dumping within the unincorporated areas. The recommended amendments to the ordinance would make a violation for illegal dumping punishable as a misdemeanor and increase the amount of civil penalties for a violation. Illegal dumping is a public nuisance that has increased significantly within the unincorporated areas causing blight and threatening the health, safety, and welfare of the community. The remedies and penalties for illegal dumping are currently inadequate. To discourage illegal dumping, administrative remedies and civil penalties should be streamlined and enhanced. The purpose and intent of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare, and to impose the financial burden on abating illegal dumping on those engaged in the unlawful act. California Government Code sections 25132 and 53069.4 provide the authority for the legislative body of a county for unincorporated areas to enact ordinances to impose administrative fines and penalties for violations of a county's local ordinances. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could determine not to approve the recommended actions; however, the administrative fines would remain at the les...
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