The Zoning Office has only one employee tasked to enforce the regulations, he said.
“There’s lot of activities going on but we lack enforcers,” he told the board during its recent meeting.
The Office of Budget and Management has yet to approve funding for additional personnel, Zoning Administrator Therese Ogumoro said.
Blanco said the fine of $1,000 per day is “very attractive” and can help finance their operation.
Considered a public nuisance are: vegetation obstructing the safe passage or sight of motorists or pedestrians at an intersection or any street or sidewalk, abandoned vehicles or appliances in public view, a building or structure in such dilapidated condition that it presents a fire hazard or a menace to the health of the general public, laundry hung outside on a balcony, terrace, porch, deck or veranda within the view of the general public, particularly in the Garapan tourist district.
