(A) Any person, who fails to comply with any or all of the requirements or provisions of this chapter or direction or order of the Floodplain Administrator, or any other authorized employee of, shall be unlawful and shall be referred to the City Attorney who shall expeditiously prosecute all such violators.
(B) A violator shall, upon conviction, pay a fine to the city of not less than $50 or more than $500 plus cost of prosecution. Each day during which any violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(C) In addition to the above penalties, all other actions are hereby reserved including an action in equity for the proper enforcement of this chapter. The imposition of a fine or penalty for any violation of, or non-compliance with, this chapter shall not excuse the violation or non-compliance with this chapter or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or non-compliance within a reasonable time. Any structure constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, altered or relocated in non-compliance with this chapter may be declared by the city to be a public nuisance and abated as such subject to other applicable laws and exhaustion of appellate rights.
(Ord. 280, passed 3-4-2021)