(a) Civil Penalties. In any civil action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Chapter, the Law Director or designated assistant may request that the Court impose the following civil penalties:
(1) Whoever makes any alteration, construction, or improvement with respect to any structure, appurtenance, architectural feature, or lot improvement now or hereafter to a Historically Significant Property or a building or structure in the District in violation of a District regulation shall pay a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(2) Whoever demolishes a substantial part or all of a Historically Significant Property or a building or structure now or hereafter in the District without the approval of the Planning Commission shall pay a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) nor more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
(3) Notwithstanding the civil penalty provisions of this section, whoever causes, by willful action or willful neglect, any alteration or demolition of a historically significant property or structure, appurtenance, architectural feature or lot improvement now or hereafter in the District in violation of a District regulation shall be required to restore or reconstruct same in accordance with all pertinent standards of the District regulations and the Codified Ordinances.
(b) Criminal penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates a District regulation shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Each day that a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(c) Nothing herein shall prohibit the City from proceeding against any person, firm or corporation who violates any provision of this Chapter for both civil and criminal penalties.
(Ord. 2894. Passed 9-10-15.)