[Amended 8-27-2018 by Ord. No. 29-2018; 9-24-2018 by Ord. No. 40-2018; 3-28-2022 by Ord. No. 007-2022]
No structure or land shall hereafter be constructed, re-located to, extended, converted or altered without full compliance with the terms of this chapter and other applicable regulations. Violations of the provisions of this chapter by failure to comply with any of its requirements, including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection with conditions, shall constitute a violation under N.J.S.A. 40:49-5. Any person who violates this chapter or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to one or more of the following: a fine of not more than $1,250, imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days or a period of community service not to exceed 90 days and in addition shall pay all costs and expenses involved in the case. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Town of Hammonton from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.
Each day in which a violation of an ordinance exists shall be considered to be a separate and distinct violation subject to the imposition of a separate penalty for each day of the violation as the Court may determine except that the owner will be afforded the opportunity to cure or abate the condition during a 30 day period and shall be afforded the opportunity for a hearing before the court for an independent determination concerning the violation. Subsequent to the expiration of the 30 day period, a fine greater than $1,250 may be imposed if the court has not determined otherwise, or if upon reinspection of the property, it is determined that the abatement has not been substantially completed.
Any person who is convicted of violating an ordinance within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance and who was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced by a court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the ordinance, but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of the ordinance.