(a) The owner, tenant, business, or person in control of property that is deemed a public nuisance, as defined in this Chapter, who fails or refuses to comply with any notice or order to repair, vacate or demolish the public nuisance given by any person authorized by this Chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day that such public nuisance is permitted to exist after the time specified for the abatement thereof by the owner or occupant in any notice as provided for in this Chapter.
(b) Any owner, tenant, business, or person who has pleaded guilty or been convicted of an offense under any provision of this Chapter, or a substantially equivalent offense in another jurisdiction, within the previous five years shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, punishable as provided in Section 501.99.
(Ord. 7935. Passed 8-8-17.)