Zoning ordinance; civil penalties for violations.

Civil penalties for violations of zoning ordinance; short-term rentals. Allows any locality to adopt a uniform scheduleof civil penalties for the violation of provisions of the zoningordinance related to short-term rentals. The schedule of civil penaltiesshall not exceed (i) $500 for the initial violation, (ii) $1,000 for the second violation, or (iii) $1,500 for the third or subsequentviolation, with each day during which the violation is found to haveexisted constituting a separate offense. The bill provides that designationof a particular zoning ordinance violation for a civil penalty shallbe in lieu of criminal sanctions, and except for any violation resultingin injury to persons, such designation shall preclude the prosecutionof a violation as a criminal misdemeanor, unless such civil penaltiestotal $5,000 or more.