Whoever being the owner, or agent of the owner, of any land located in the city or within the extraterritorial limits of the city, transfers, sells, or agrees to sell or negotiate to sell the land by reference to any exhibition of or by other use of a plat or subdivision of the land before the plat has been approved as herein provided far in this chapter and recorded in the office of the Sierra County Clerk, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, he or she shall forfeit and pay a penalty of $100 for each lot so transferred or sold, or agreed, or negotiated to be sold. The city, through its attorney or other designated official may enjoin the transfer or sale or agreement by action for injunction or may recover the penalty by civil action.
(Ord. 18, passed 12-2-1998; Am. Ord. 47, passed 9-24-2001; Am. Ord. 49, passed 12-12-2001; Am. Ord. 85, passed 9-7-2005; Am. Ord. 89, passed 12-28-2005)