§ 151.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99(A) of this code of ordinances.

   (B)   Except as addressed in division (F) below, a person who violates a provision of §§ 151.01 through 151.11 of this chapter or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or who erects, constructs, alters, repairs or removes, or who has erected, constructed, altered, repaired or removed, a building or structure in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder or of a permit or certificate issued thereunder, or who erects, constructs, alters, repairs or removes, or who has erected, constructed, altered, repaired or removed, a building or structure without first acquiring a permit shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of $215. Each day upon which a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

(Prior Code, § 5-103)

   (C)   (1)   Except as addressed in division (F) below, any person, firm or corporation who shall engage in any business, trade or vocation for which a license, permit, certificate or registration is required by §§ 151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter without having a valid license, permit, certificate or certificate of registration as required, or who shall fail to do anything required by §§ 151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter or by any code adopted by §§ 151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter, or who shall otherwise violate any provision of §§ 151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter or of any code adopted by §§ 151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter, or who shall violate any lawful regulation or order made by any of the officers provided for in §§151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter, shall be guilty of an offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 10.99(A) of this code.

(Prior Code, § 5-801)

      (2)   No penalty imposed by and pursuant to §§ 151.01 through 151.11 and 151.55 through 151.57 of this chapter shall interfere with the right of the town also to apply to the proper courts of the state for a mandamus, an injunction or other appropriate action against such person, firm or corporation.

(Prior Code, § 5-802)

   (D)   Any person who builds, enlarges, alters or moves a building or structure without the required permit as per § 151.05 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of $215. Each day upon which a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

(Prior Code, § 5-106)

   (E)   Regarding § 151.06 of this chapter, any person who trenches, digs or excavates within the limits of the town and strikes a utility, water, gas or other buried service shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of $215.

(Prior Code, § 5-110)

   (F)   A person who violates §§ 151.09 or 151.10 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of $215. Each day upon which a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense.

   (G)   Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of §§ 151.25 through 151.29 of this chapter shall first be given a warning. After the first warning, any person, firm or corporation continuing to violate the provisions of §§ 151.25 through 151.29 of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than $100. Such fine shall be at the discretion of the Court. Each and every day during which such violation continues shall be considered as a separate and distinct violation hereof and may be charged and prosecuted as such. The above-specified penalties may be imposed for each such violation.

(Prior Code, § 13-606)

(Ord. 2011-01, passed 3-8-2011; Ord. 2020-10, passed 12-10-2020; Ord. 2020-11, passed 12-10-2020; Ord. 2021-04, passed 1-14-2021)