§ 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.
   (B)   Any person who shall unwilfully refuse or fail to leave a building which has been ordered vacated under the terms of §§ 151.01 through 151.07 or who shall enter an area around the building that has been declared to be dangerous and notice of which declaration shall have been posted and/or any person who shall interfere with or hinder the vacation, repair or demolition of any building under the terms of §§ 151.01 through 151.07, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of no more than $200, and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $200 and each and every day’s violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. In case the owner or occupant of any substandard building ordered vacated, repaired or demolished under the terms of §§ 151.01 through 151.07 shall be a corporation, and shall violate any provision of §§ 151.01 through 151.07, the president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer of the corporation, or any manager, agent or employee of the corporation shall be also severally liable for the penalties therein provided.
   (C)   Any person violating any of the provisions of §§ 151.45 through 151.54 will be subject to a fine of not more than $200. Every day that any such person violates the same, shall constitute a separate and distinctive offense; in addition, any abutting owner or lessee or other person predicatively affected by the violation or the terms of §§ 151.45 through 151.54 may resort to any court of competent jurisdiction for any writ or writs or to obtain the release in law or equity as may be deemed advisable in the premises.
   (D)   Any person, firm, or corporation found guilty of violating any of the provisions or terms of this §§ 151.65 through 151.71 shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of $200 for each offense, together with the costs of such prosecution. Each and every day the offense continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense. In addition to and cumulative of all other penalties, the city shall have the right to seek injunctive relief for any and all violations of §§ 151.65 through 151.71.
   (E)   (1)   Any person violating or failing to comply with any provision, requirement or order issued pursuant to §§ 151.01 through 151.19C  shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined as provided in the applicable ordinance. A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation or failure to comply occurs or continues to occur.
      (2)   In addition to any other remedies or penalties contained in this section, the city may enforce the provisions of §§ 151.01 through 151.19C pursuant to the applicable provisions of Texas Local Government Code, Chapter 54, which provides for the enforcement of municipal ordinances.
      (3)   Allegation and evidence of a culpable mental state is not required for the proof of an offense defined by §§ 151.01 through 151.19C.
(Ord. passed 11-19-1985; Ord. 2016-07, passed 4-19-2016; Ord. 2017-14, passed 10-17-2017)