Council approves revised water-rate ordinance after attorney warns $3,500 penalty may exceed state limit Council adopted Ordinance 26-001 updating water rates and charges and added an amendment (a savings clause and revised multiunit thresholds) after outside counsel said the maximum penalty for an ordinance violation is generally $2,000 unless statute allows otherwise.

Trenton's City Council just revamped water rates and penalties, but can they legally impose fines as high as $3,500?

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