Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment that seeks authorisation to issue Fixed Penalty Notices where a breach of either the household waste duty of care or Byelaw 86 in relation to vehicles parked on Public Open Space are believed to have been committed.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  the Council adopt the legal maximum FPN level of £400 for all of breaches of household waste duty of care offences and to give discount for early payment of £150 (i.e. discounted fine payment level of £250) provided payment is made within 10 days of the date the FPN was issued.

(2)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to introduce the new fixed penalties for household waste duty of care offences.

(3)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to make appropriate arrangements for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for household waste duty of care offences in accordance with section 34ZA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

(4)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to make appropriate arrangements for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for breaches of Byelaw 86 with regard to the parking of vehicles on POS.

(5)  the Council adopt a level of £100 for breaches of Byelaw 86 with regard to parking of vehicles on Public Open Space (POS) and give a discount for early payment of £75 provided payment is paid within 10 days of the date the FPN was issued.

Cabinet considered the report of the Cabinet Member for Environment that sought authorisation to issue Fixed Penalty Notices where a breach of either the household waste duty of care or Byelaw 86 in relation to vehicles parked on Public Open Space are believed to have been committed.

The Cabinet Member for Environment highlighted the benefits of the proposed measures. He particularly drew Members’ attention to the financial cost to the Council of the breaches for which Penalty Notices would be issued.  The Cabinet Member for Culture and Leisure commented that residents expected these issues to be dealt with all means available and that the proposals gave a greater degree of flexibility to do that.

RESOLVED that:

(1)  the Council adopt the legal maximum FPN level of £400 for all of breaches of household waste duty of care offences and to give discount for early payment of £150 (i.e. discounted fine payment level of £250) provided payment is made within 10 days of the date the FPN was issued.

(2)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to introduce the new fixed penalties for household waste duty of care offences.

(3)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to make appropriate arrangements for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for household waste duty of care offences in accordance with section 34ZA of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

(4)  authority be delegated to the Corporate Director to make appropriate arrangements for the issuing of fixed penalty notices for breaches of Byelaw 86 with regard to the parking of vehicles on POS.

(5)  the Council adopt a FPN level of £100 for breaches of Byelaw 86 with regard to parking of vehicles on Public Open Space (POS) and give a discount for early payment of £75 provided payment is paid within 10 days of the date the FPN was issued.