Córdoba City Council has updated its Municipal Ordinance relating to Urban Health to replace the old 1997 version.
The ordinance updates the fines for the different degrees of offence. For a ‘very serious’ offence, the former fine of between €300 to €600 is upped to between €45,001 and €1.7 million.
For a ‘serious’ offence the fine goes from €90 to €300 to €901 to €45,000. For a ‘minor’ offence the fine is raised from the former €6 to €90 to a maximum of €900.
Failing to clean up after pets can lead to a fine of up to €900, as can throwing paper, gum or cigarette ends on the public thoroughfares.
Rummaging through rubbish bins also becomes an offence, although the Council fully appreciates why this occurs.