(a) Whoever violates any provision of this Building Code for which no other penalty is provided or any rule or regulation or order promulgated thereunder, or any code adopted herein, or fails to comply with the lawful order issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day during which noncompliance or a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) Whoever violates Sections 3103.10, 3103.091, 3105.01, 3105.02, 3105.05, 3109.11, 3125.01, 3101.11, 3113.03, 3113.10, 3113.16 or division (e) of Section 3101.10 as a first offense of those sections shall be guilty of a minor misdemeanor. In addition to any other method of enforcement provided for in this chapter, the above listed minor misdemeanors may be enforced by the issuance of a citation in compliance with Rule 4.1 of the Ohio Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(c) Organizations convicted of an offense shall be fined as provided by RC 2901.23 and 2929.31.
(d) Whoever violates Sections 3101.11, 3103.091, 3113.03, 3113.10, 3113.16 or division (e) of Section 3101.10 as a second offense of those sections shall be guilty of a fourth degree misdemeanor. Whoever violates Sections 3101.11, 3103.091, 3113.03, 3113.10, 3113.16 or division (e) of Section 3101.10 as a third or subsequent offense of those sections shall be guilty of a first degree misdemeanor.
(e) A court of competent jurisdiction may require whoever is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of this Building Code, to pay to the City’s Department of Building and Housing, the fee for inspection of violations that have not been remedied, which fee is described in Sections 3103.09 and 3105.26, and the expenses or costs incurred under Section 3103.09 for the removal, repair, alteration, securing or boarding of a building or structure and under Section 3103.091 for termination of utility services.
(Ord. No. 1112-A-07. Passed 6-2-08, eff. 6-2-08)