(A) Any violation of any ordinance of the City of Hurstbourne shall subject the offender to fines, penalties, and forfeitures that may be imposed by law, and the city may secure injunctions and abatement orders, when appropriate, to ensure compliance with its ordinances as authorized by KRS 83A.065.
(B) Any violation of any ordinance of the city shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in an amount equal to two times the minimum fine prescribed in the ordinance violated.
(C) Where no minimum fine is prescribed in the ordinance violated, or where the fine is set by KRS, the civil penalty shall be $50, provided, however, such fine shall not be less than the minimum criminal fine prescribed by Kentucky statute for the same offense.
(D) The civil penalty provided herein may be recovered by the city in a civil action in the nature of a debt if the offender does not pay the penalty within 20 days after the offender has been cited for the ordinance violation. As used herein, "CITED" shall mean notified of the violation and the penalty in writing by an elected or appointed official of the city or the official attorney for the city. The civil penalty may be used as an alternative to or in conjunction with the criminal penalties authorized in the ordinance violated.
(E) All civil penalties shall be paid to the city at the address shown on the citation, and placed in the General Fund.
(F) Any city ordinance may be enforced by any one, all, or a combination of the remedies authorized by this section or the ordinance violated.
(G) Where any ordinance provides that each day a violation of the ordinance continues shall be a separate and distinct offense, a separate civil penalty may be imposed for each such day.
(Ord. 04-02, passed 4-13-04) General penalty, see § 10.99