1. The City Manager is authorized to impose administrative penalties upon persons who commit the following violations of this chapter upon proper notice and the right by such persons to petition under Section 141.42 of this chapter:
A. Failure to obtain a permit;
B. Failure to provide required notification of emergency trenching or excavations;
C. Failure to provide required traffic control devices;
D. Failure to restore as required;
E. Failure to properly secure steel plates;
F. Failure to provide required notification for inspection by plumbing inspector;
G. Failure of restoration within the maintenance period; and
H. Failure to restore street cuts within the period provided in the permit.
The administrative penalty for each violation shall be as provided in the schedule of administrative penalties adopted by the City Council by resolution. Notice of violation, with the applicable penalty for such violation noted thereon, shall be issued by the City Manager to the violator. Penalties shall be paid in full within 30 days of the issuance of the notice at City Hall.
2. The administrative penalties set out in the schedule of administrative penalties shall be charged unless the violator refuses to correct the violation and pay the scheduled administrative penalty, or the City Manager determines that immediate enforcement action by misdemeanor or municipal infraction prosecution is, in view of the particular circumstances of the case, necessary to achieve compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The City Manager shall maintain a record of all violations, administrative penalties charged or other enforcement actions taken and shall make available such performance record to the Building Inspector when refusal to issue a permit pursuant to Section 141.27 of this chapter is being contemplated. The applicant shall be liable for any and all costs incurred by the City because of such violations.