(A) Any owner, commercial tenant, and/or operator violating the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the following penalties:
(1) Citations. After a commercial business property has been designated as a chronic violator, any subsequent calls for service, valid complaint or citation at the commercial business property shall result in a fine of $250 to the owner, commercial tenant or operator given notice under § 100.05 in addition to any other penalty imposed by ordinance.
(2) Citations under this section may be issued by the Fishers Police Department or the Fishers Fire and Emergency Services Department to the owner, commercial tenant or operator who received noticed under § 100.05 and shall be payable to the Ordinance Violations Bureau.
(3) In addition to the collection of fines resulting from the issuance of citation(s), the Legal Department is authorized to bring civil action against any alleged violator of this chapter for all unpaid repeat nuisance service call fees.
(B) In addition to the penalties in division (A) above, the city may file an action in any court of general jurisdiction against the owner, commercial tenant or operator of the commercial business property to enjoin the activity giving rise to the calls for service, valid complaint or citation and/or any other remedy allowed by Indiana law, and to recover the fines, costs and attorneys’ fees associated with the action, as prescribed in IC 32-30-6-7, as amended.
(C) Each violation of this chapter shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ord. 051523C, passed 6-19-23)