San Anselmo Municipal Code Art. 5 Violation, Penalties

(a) Stop work orders/work without permits or other actions in violation of this Code. For work performed in violation of this Code, an investigation/penalty fee shall be assessed up to five (5) times the construction permit fee. The minimum penalty fee for a permit shall be five hundred ($500.00) dollars. This also applies to revisions, alterations, or changes on an authorized project where the work done is not within the scope of the originally authorized permit. The fee shall be due whether a permit is issued or not. Additional penalties may be assessed in the event of repeated violations.

(b) No new construction permits shall be issued for work on a property unless all existing violations and expired permits issued for work on such property are cleared by abatement, issuance, or reinstatement of a permit.

(c) The penalties imposed in this section are in addition to any penalties that may be imposed pursuant to other provisions of this Code.

(§ 1, Ord. 1059, eff. December 27, 2007)

(Ord. No. 1077, 9-23-2010; Ord. No. 1090, § 1, 11-26-2013; Ord. No. 1111, § 1, 11-29-2016; Ord. No. 1141, § 2, 11-12-2019; Ord. No. 1168, § 2, 11-15-2022; Ord. No. 2025-1196, § 4, 11-10-2025)