(a) Whoever violates any provision of these Subdivision Regulations or fails to comply with any order pursuant hereto shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). Such sum may be recovered with costs in a civil action brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Ashland County.
(b) A County Recorder who records a plat contrary to the provisions of these Regulations shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), to be recovered with costs in a civil action by the Prosecuting Attorney in the name and for the use of the City.
(c) Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within or without the Municipality transfers any lot, parcel or tract of such land from or in accordance with a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot, parcel or tract of land so sold. The description of such lot, parcel or tract by metes and bounds in the deed or transfer shall not serve to exempt the seller from the forfeitures provided in this section.
If such land is within the Municipality, such sum may be recovered in a civil action, brought in any court of competent jurisdiction by the Director of Law or other corresponding official of the Municipality in the name of the Municipality and for the use of the street repair fund thereof.
If the land is situated outside the Municipality, such sum may be recovered in a civil action, brought by the Prosecuting Attorney, other corresponding official, or Planning Commission of the County in which the land is situated, in the name of the county and for the use of the road repair fund thereof.
(d) Any person who disposes of, offers for sale or leases for a time exceeding five years any lot or any part of a lot which is a subdivision before provisions of these Regulations are complied with shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot or part of a lot so sold, offered for sale or leased, to be recovered with costs in a civil action in the name of the City Clerk for the use of the City.
(Ord. 39-81. Passed 10-7-81.)