Fine Schedule Update

Residents asked the board to look at our current fine schedule for Failure to Stop and Speeding violations. The Board asked the head of Security, Dave Archer, and the Safety Advisory Committee to look at the situation and bring back a recommendation to the board.

Mr. Archer sent out between 25 and 30 requests to HOAs in the Coachella Valley asking them what their citation schedule was and received 7 back. Here is the information that was returned:

Community
City
1st Fine
Graduating Scale/Notes
Citrus
LaQuinta
$200
H/Os with multiple citations in 12 months have transponders turned off
Hideaway
LaQuinta
$250
None at this time
Desert Falls
Palm Desert
$100
None at this time
Traditions
LaQuinta
$200
None at this time
The Springs
Indio
$100/$200
1st under 35 mph/warning - subsequent over 35 $100 to $300
PGA West
Indio
$50/$2500
In 25 zone - 30 mph $50 to $300 for 55 mph or more
In 35 zone - 40 mph 4100 to 60 mph $300
SCPD
Palm Desert
$50/$150
$50 FTS - multiple can be increased by any amount violation committee deems.

Since the implementation of the $200 fines the citations for FTS and Speeding have been going down, which was the goal of implementing them. In fact, the first 7 months the new fine schedule was implemented speeding citations dropped 59% and failure to stops by 40%.

The Safety Advisory Committee recommended the board leave the fine schedule at it’s current level of $200.

The board discussed and voted to leave the fine schedule at its current level.