(a) Violation of Rules and Regulations. Whoever willfully violates these Subdivision Regulations or fails to comply with any order, pursuant thereto, shall forfeit and pay not less than ten dollars ($10.00) per day nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per day but not more than a total forfeiture of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00). Such fine will commence from the date of notification by the Service Director or the City Planning, Zoning and Building Commission of the violation to the subdivider and terminate at such time the violation has been documented to the Service Director and the Commission as corrected. Such sum may be recovered with costs in a civil action brought in the Court of Common Pleas of the County by the City Law Director in the name of the City and for the use thereof
(b) Transfer of Land Before Recording Forfeiture. Whoever, being the Owner or Agent of any land within or without the City, transfers any lot, parcel or tract of such land from or in accordance with a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each lot, parcel or tract of land so sold. The description of such lot, parcel or tract by metes and bounds in the deed or transfer shall not serve to exempt the seller from the forfeiture provided in this section.
(1) Such sum may be recovered in a civil action, brought in any Court of competent jurisdiction by the City Law Director in the name of the City and for the use of the street repair fund thereof.
(2) The sale of lots, parcels or tracts from a plat of a subdivision on which any and all areas indicated as streets or open grounds are expressly indicated as for the exclusive use of the abutting or other owners in such subdivision and not as public streets, ways or grounds shall not serve to exempt the seller from the requirements of these Subdivision Regulations or from the forfeiture herein provided.
(c) Disposal of Lots; Forfeiture. Any person who disposes of, offers for sale or leases for a time exceeding five (5) years, any lot, or any part of a lot, in a subdivision with intent to violate these Subdivision Regulations or sections 711.01 to 711.14, inclusive of the Ohio Revised Code, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each lot or part of a lot so sold, offered for sale or leased, to be recovered with costs in a civil action in the name of the City Finance Director for the use of the City.
(Ord. 0-37-95. Passed 5-15-95.)