§ 10.99 GENERAL PENALTY.
   (A)   (1)   Civil penalties shall be imposed as set forth hereinafter to address all violations contained within the Code of Ordinances, save and except for those violations contained in §§ 130.01 and 130.02, the violations being criminal violations imposed by state law.
      (2)   Each day a provision of the code or an ordinance is violated is a separate offense. There shall be a civil fine imposed of $25 for each violation, which fine will accrue daily, starting on the day the violation first occurs and continuing through the day the violation ceases.
      (3)   When a citation is mailed to the offender, payment of the citation shall be due and payable ten days following the mailing of same at the Post Office by the Clerk. The fines are payable at the Town Hall during regular business hours.
      (4)   Service of a civil citation is completed on the day it is personally delivered, or three days after it is mailed, to the following: An offender who is an individual or owner of a sole proprietorship, any general partner of a partnership that is the offender, or is the registered agent, or manager or other person in a supervisory capacity at the local place of business of an offender who is a corporation. The three day period for mailed service shall begin the day it is placed in the United States mail, in a properly stamped and addressed envelope, addressed to the appropriate person named above at the offender’s first known address. Personal service may be made by any police officer, town manager or building inspector.
      (5)   Recovery of overdue civil penalties shall be by a civil action against the offender in the nature of debt.
      (6)   Civil citation for all violations of code provisions and ordinances regulating building, housing, environmental matters, mobile homes, zoning and subdivisions shall be issued by the Building Inspector. All other civil citations may be issued by any police officer or town manager.
   (B)   The penalty provisions for all ordinances and regulations contained in the Code of Ordinances for the town shall be modified to comply with the provisions of this section, save and except for those violations contained in §§ 130.01 and 130.02, said violations being criminal violations imposed by state law.
(Res. passed 10-18-00; Am. Res. passed 9-6-01; Am. Res. passed 6-9-05)