(a) Violation of These Rules and Regulations. Whoever violates any rule or regulation adopted by Council for the purpose of setting standards and requiring and securing the construction of improvements with a subdivision, or fails to comply with any order, pursuant thereto, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
Such sum may be recovered with costs in a civil action brought in the Court of Common Pleas in Sandusky County, by legal representative of the City or County, in the name of the City or County and for the use thereof.
(b) Violation by Selling Lots Before Recording. Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within or without the City limits, transfers any lot, parcel or tract of such land from or in accordance with a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot, parcel or tract of land so sold. The description of such lot, parcel or tract by metes and bounds in the deed or transfer shall not serve to exempt the seller from the forfeiture provided in this section.
(c) Violation by Selling Lots Against Regulations. Any person who disposes of, offers for sale or leases for a time exceeding five (5) years any lot or any part of a lot in a subdivision before provisions of these rules and regulations are complied with, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot or part of a lot so sold, offered for sale or leased.
Such sum may be recovered with costs in a civil action, in the name of the City Treasurer for the use of the City.
(Ord. 2020-4053. Passed 1-7-21.)