The state is

getting tougher on developers that violate soil erosion regulations, and

Fayette County is adjusting its ordinance accordingly.

County Planning

Commission members will vote Dec. 7 on proposed changes to development

regulations regarding soil erosion and sedimentation control, setting

a minimum fine of $250 per day for each violation.

Current law

provides a maximum fine of $2,500 per day, but no minimum.

New state regulations

are incorporated into the proposed changes anywhere they are mor stringent

than the county's regulations, but not where they would weaken it, civil

engineer Dave Borkowski told the Planning Commission in a work session

last week.

"I didn't

want our ordinance any laxer than it is," he said. "If it wasn't

more restrictive than what our ordinance has, I just didn't include it

here," he said.

In another

proposed change, county inspectors will no longer have to wait five days

before imposing fines on violators.