HB 529 Summary

• Authorizes county police and planning or permitting agencies to enter privately owned residential real property without owner consent to investigate imminent threats to health or safety or violations of county zoning laws that threaten health or safety.

• Allows officers to investigate conditions including accumulated trash, dilapidated structures, unauthorized occupancy in uninhabitable conditions, overcrowding beyond zoning density limits, and nuisances as defined in section 322-1.

• Requires property owners who receive a notice of violation to remediate the condition to the agency's satisfaction within the agency's specified time frame.

• Imposes a minimum fine of $1,000 per day for each day a zoning violation persists after the owner fails to remediate within the specified time frame.

• Authorizes county planning or permitting agencies to commence foreclosure proceedings on the property if the owner fails to pay assessed fines in full and commence remediation within 90 days of receiving notice.