§ 150.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code.

   (B)   (1)   Any person, firm, co-partnership, company or corporation who shall violate a provision of §§ 150.01 to 150.06 of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or who shall erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an approved plan or directive of the Code Official, or of a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of §§ 150.01 to 150.06, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than 90 days or by a fine of not more than $500, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

      (2)   (a)   Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 150.20 to 150.22 or 150.35 to 150.44 of this code may be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and may be punished by a fine of not more than $100, or in the case of a person, by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed 90 days, or by both the fine and imprisonment. Each day that a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense.

         (b)   In addition to the imposition of the fines and penalties, any building which continues to violate the provisions of §§ 150.20 to 150.22 or 150.35 to 150.44 of this code after the owner or occupant has been ordered by the Village Council to make the same comply, or to demolish or remove the building, may, in the discretion of the Village Council, be made to comply or be demolished and removed by the Village Council or its agents and the costs thereof collected from the owner or occupant of the premises. If the owner or occupant refuses to pay the costs, the same may be assessed against the property of the owner or occupant and collected in the same manner as are taxes assessed under the general laws of the state.

         (c)   The owner or occupant who pays the costs may collect from the person or other entity who caused the violation to exist, for the sum so expended, in an appropriate action at law. The foregoing remedies shall be in addition to the rights of the village to proceed at law or equity with other appropriate and proper remedies.

(Prior Code, § 150.99)

   (C)   Failure to register an abandoned residential structure or pay the monthly administrative fee as set out in § 150.39 of this code shall be cause for penalties to be assessed and are criminal violations of §§ 150.35 to 150.44 of this code.

(Ord. 5, passed 4-6-1998)