939.12 PENALTIES.

   (a)   Any person who shall erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair, convert, attach, or maintain any Wireless Communications Facility in violation of any of the terms of this chapter, or who, being the owner or agent of the owner of any lot, tract, or parcel of land, shall suffer or permit another to erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, repair, convert, attach, or maintain any such facility, shall be deemed to have violated the provisions hereof and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. Each day that the violation continues is a separate and distinct offense.

   (b)   If any Wireless Communications Facility is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, attached, or maintained in violation of this chapter or of any regulations made pursuant hereto, the proper officer of the city, in addition to other remedies, may institute in the name of the city any appropriate action or proceeding, whether by legal process or otherwise, to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, attachment, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the use of such facility, and/or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such facility.

   (c)   The City of Findlay Engineering Department is authorized to make requests and to issue orders regarding wireless communications facilities in the right of way for the purpose of public safety and compliance with this chapter of the Findlay Municipal Code. The City of Findlay Engineering Department is also authorized to conduct visual and external inspections of wireless communications facilities and support structures in the right of way at any time and shall make efforts to coordinate with the provider responsible for a Wireless Communications Facility for any internal inspection of the relevant equipment.

(Ord. 2017-037. Passed 5-2-17.)