(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 of ordinances.
(B) (1) Any person, firm, corporation, agent or employee thereof who violates any of the provisions of §§ 156.01 through 156.10 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined an amount not to exceed $500 for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) In the event that the city is caused to undertake administrative action to abate the condition of a property subject to the registration requirement contained in § 156.06(A) of this chapter, the rights and remedies specified in § 156.09 of this chapter, as well as the following penalties, shall apply.
(a) On the administrative penalty due date, each party subject to an abatement order shall pay an administrative penalty of $1,000.
(b) In the event that a violation of §§ 156.01 through 156.10 of this chapter addressed by an abatement order has not been abated, cured, remedied or eliminated by the thirtieth day after the administrative penalty due date, each party subject to said abatement order shall pay a supplemental administrative penalty of $5,000.
(c) In the event that a violation of §§ 156.01 through 156.10 of this chapter addressed by an abatement order has not been abated, cured, remedied or eliminated by the sixtieth day after the administrative penalty due date, each party subject to said abatement order shall pay a supplemental administrative penalty of $10,000.
(3) In each instance when a party becomes subject to an administrative penalty specified in division (B)(2) above, an enforcement official shall issue an order providing written notice of that party’s obligation to make payment of said administrative penalty and providing an administrative penalty due date. Each such order shall constitute a special assessment against the property in question having the same legal status as an order determining the cost of abatement of a public nuisance pursuant to the provisions of §§ 91.30 through 91.34 of this code of ordinances.
(4) In each instance when a party becomes subject to an administrative penalty specified in division (B)(3) above, and the order providing for said administrative penalty issues when that party is either seeking to perfect its interest in the subject property subsequent to the recordation of a notice of default, or is the property’s owner of record, that party is not relieved of its obligation for the payment of administrative penalties based upon the sale of the property in question to another.
(2012 Code, § 34-80)