(A) Generally. Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter or shall fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or who shall build or alter any building in violation of any essential statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder shall for each and every violation or noncompliance be guilty of an offense and upon conviction thereof or finding to that effect, shall be fined not more than an amount as set by the city from time to time to which may be added imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten days. Each day the violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of any building or any premises or any part thereof, where anything in violation of this chapter shall exist and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person, or corporation employed in connection therewith and who or which may have assisted in the Commission of any violation shall each be guilty of a separate offense and upon conviction thereof or finding to that effect shall be fined as herein provided and any building erected, raised, or converted or land or premises used in violation of any provision of this chapter or any requirement hereof, is declared to be a common nuisance and as such may be abated in a manner as nuisances are now or may hereafter be abated under existing law.
(C) Fences. In the event that subsequent to the adoption of §§ 156.380 through 156.391, a fence is installed without a building permit, a penalty fee in an amount as set by the city from time to time shall be imposed each day of the violation. The penalty fee shall constitute and be considered a separate offence each day of the violation.
(D) Historic Preservation Committee.
(1) Illegal demolition.
(a) It shall be unlawful to demolish any portion of any landmark or any improvement located within the historic preservation district unless specifically permitted through a certificate of appropriateness issued for that property.
(b) Property owners will be subject to the following fines and penalties (which shall include a property) for any and all illegal demolition to any landmark or any improvement listed on the historic register as defined by the City Historic Commission:
1. A fine of no less than $10,000 and no greater than $50,000; and
2. A two-year building moratorium on the property on which the illegal demolition occurred.
(c) In cases where the building has been completely demolished, ownership of the subject property is forfeited and the subject properly shall become that of the city.
(d) In cases where a building is partially demolished, the property owner shall be required to complete the construction or renovation of the home in accordance with the building permits granted by the city.
(e) Occupancy shall not be granted on the subject property until two years from the date of an approved final inspection of the structure.
(f) Prior to and during the building moratorium, the subject property in all instances must be maintained in accordance with the property maintenance code.
(2) Illegal construction or alteration.
(a) It shall be unlawful to complete any construction or alteration to any landmark or any improvement located within a historic preservation district unless specifically permitted through the certificate of appropriateness issues for that property.
(b) 1. Property owners will be subject to the following fines and penalties for any and all illegal construction or alteration to any landmark or any improvement located within a historic preservation district:
2. A fine of no less than $500 and no greater than $1,000 per day, per violation until an acceptable resolution is approved by the Historic Sites Commission.
(Prior Code, § 156.999) (Ord. 0-01-0024, passed 9-10-2001; Ord. 0-02-0009, passed - -2002; Ord. 0-08-0020, passed 9-22-2008)