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File #: 25-1429    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/9/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/25/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to raise the maximum amount of fines for violations allowed by Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section 21D.
Code sections: Home Rule Petition -
Attachments: 1. HRP- Ordinance Violations Increase
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Agenda Summary

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Requesting approval of a Home Rule Petition to raise the maximum amount of fines for violations allowed by Massachusetts General Law Chapter 40, Section 21D.

 

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To the Honorable City Council:

 

The Mayor respectfully requests that this Council approve a home rule petition to increase the maximum fine allowed for each violation of an ordinance, rule or regulation pursuant to G. L. c. 40, § 21D, up to $2,000.

 

The legal text of the petition is attached.

 

Appropriate staff will be available to answer any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully,

 Katjana Ballantyne, Mayor