(a) Any person, firm or corporation, who violates any provision of this Zoning Ordinance for which violation no penalty is otherwise provided, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on a second offense within one year after the first offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree; on each subsequent offense within one year after the first offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (See Village of Cardington, Code Section for Penalties.) Each ten (10) days such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) The owner or tenant of any building, structure, premises, or part thereof, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, or other person who knowingly commits, participates in, assists in, or maintains such violation may be found guilty of a separate offense and suffer the penalties provided in subsection (a) above.
(c) Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Village of Cardington from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violations.
(Ord. 97-3. Passed 5-19-97.)