COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — The owner of a Council Bluffs apartment building faces a $40,000 fine for failing to register with a local inspection program, and more fines may be added. The Daily Nonpareil reports  the fine against the Colonial Plaza Apartments’ owner is the biggest one the city has imposed since changing its rental laws last year. Steve Carmichael, who oversees the city’s inspections, says a lien will be placed on the building to make sure the fine is paid.

When city inspectors visited the building over the summer they found 183 code violations. Many of those have been addressed, but a third round of inspections this week could bring more fines or residents could be forced to move. The building’s owner is in federal custody in North Carolina on unrelated charges.