Except as otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter, known as the Chicago Environmental Protection and Control Ordinance, shall be enforced by the commissioner of the department of health. All duties and powers granted herein shall be exercised by each such official.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly violate a stop work order, or to knowingly cause, permit, encourage, assist, aid, abet or direct another person to violate a stop work order, or to knowingly in any manner be a party to a violation of a stop work order.
Any person who violates this subsection upon conviction shall be punished, as follows:
(i) incarceration for a term not less than three days, nor more than six months, under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended; and
(ii) community service of not less than 10 hours, nor more than 100 hours; and
(iii) a fine of $5,000.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly destroy, deface, remove, damage, impair, mar, cover or obstruct any stop work order that a city official has posted or affixed at a work site.
Any person who violates this subsection upon conviction shall be punished, as follows:
(i) incarceration for a term not less than three days, nor more than six months, under the procedures set forth in Section 1-2-1.1 of the Illinois Municipal Code, as amended, and the Illinois Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, as amended; and
(ii) community service of not less than ten hours, nor more than 100 hours; and
(iii) a fine not less than $200.00, nor more than $500.00.
(Prior code § 17-1.1; Amend Coun. J. 9-13-89, p. 4604; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10978; Amend Coun. J. 12-4-02, p. 99026, § 2.4; Amend Coun. J. 12-15-04, p. 40435, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 11-13-07, p. 14999, Art. II, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)