(A) Any person, persons, firm, group, corporation, organization or other entity which violates any of the terms, restrictions or provisions of this chapter may be ticketed by an officer of the City Police Department, and thereafter shall be required to pay a civil fine in a sum not to exceed $100 for each violation. A separate violation shall be deemed to be committed on each day during or on which a violation of this chapter occurs or continues.
(B) The civil fine shall be paid through the City Ordinance Violations Bureau established pursuant to Ch. 32 of this code, a copy of which is located at the office of the City Clerk-Treasurer. Accordingly, the procedures, timing and requirements related to the civil fine or fines and the payment thereof shall be consistent with the procedures, timing and requirements set forth in Ch. 32. In particular, the procedures associated with the prosecution of violations of this chapter shall be consistent with those procedures described in §§ 32.05 and 32.06 of this code.
(C) The penalties described in this section shall be in addition to any other costs, expenses or penalties incurred by any property owner in connection with the enforcement of this chapter by the city. For example, any and all costs and expenses incurred by a property owner pursuant to the city’s requirement that the property owner remove dead or diseased flora from the property owner’s private property in accordance with § 157.43 of this chapter shall be in addition to the civil fine set forth in this section.
(Prior Code, § 18.04.210) (Ord. 2009-11, passed 8-3-2009)