(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code.
(B) (1) The Animal Control Officer of the city, if he or she has attained the status of a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010(31), and any police officer of the city is authorized and empowered to issue citations for violations of §§ 94.01 through 94.05 of this chapter, but this section is not to be construed to empower the Animal Control Officer to make physical arrest or to give him or her the general arrest power of a peace officer.
(3) Violation of § 94.04(A) through (F) of this chapter by any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of § 94.04(A) through (F) of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not less than $100, nor more than $500 for the first offense; the second offense for violation shall be a civil penalty of $200 per offense and each day of violation shall be deemed a separate offense.
(4) Any person, firm or corporation receiving a citation for violations from the Animal Control Officer, if he or she has attained the status of a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010(24), or any police officer of the city may, at the option of the person, firm or corporation receiving the citation, for the first offense pay a civil penalty of $100; provided, the penalty is paid within the time limit specified on the citation; for a second offense the civil penalty shall be $200, and for a third and any subsequent offense the minimum civil penalty shall be $500. In the event a person, firm or corporation receiving a citation from the Animal Control Officer does not make payment within the time limit specified on the citation, then the citation shall be processed by the Code Enforcement Board.
(5) Violation of § 94.05 of this chapter by any person, firm or corporation, upon conviction thereof, shall be assessed a civil penalty of not less than $100, nor more than $500, for each and every offense. Any person receiving a citation for these violations from the Animal Control Officer, if he or she has attained the status of a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010(24), or any police officer of the city, may, at the option of the person receiving the citation, pay a penalty of $100 at the City Building; provided, however, that the penalty is paid within the time limit specified on the citation.
(C) In the event any bees or bee stands are kept, maintained or permitted to be kept or maintained in violation of §§ 94.20 and 94.21 of this chapter, the owner in possession or tenant in control of the real estate on which the bees or bee stands are kept or maintained shall be notified in writing, either personally by the city police or code enforcement officer or by certified mail that the bees or bee stands are being kept or maintained in violation of §§ 94.20 and 94.21 of this chapter, and that the owner shall have ten days in which to remove or abate the violation. If, after ten days, the violation is not terminated or corrected, the owner of the bee stands or the owner in possession or tenant in possession of the property, or both, shall be subject to a civil penalty of not less than $100, nor more than $500, per day for each day thereafter in which the violation continues.
(D) All violations of Chapter 94 for which a civil penalty is provided shall be under the jurisdiction of and authority of the Code Enforcement Board which is granted power of enforcement.
(1993 Code, § 6.12.030) (Ord. 84-1, passed - -; Ord. 12-11-06D, passed 6-22-2012; Ord. 13-13-09, passed 9-13-2013; Ord. 16-12-9, passed 10-10-2016)