(A) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation, or association of persons to violate any provision of this chapter, or to violate the provisions of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter. Any person, firm, corporation, or association of persons violating any provision of this chapter, or the provisions of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as herein after specified. Such person or entity shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of any permit granted pursuant to this chapter, is committed, continued, or permitted. In addition, any violation of any of the code adopted herein is a nuisance that may be abated as such pursuant to the provisions of this Municipal Code.
(2) Any person, firm, corporation, or association of persons so convicted shall be: (1) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a first violation; (2) guilty of an infraction offense and punishable by a fine now exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00) for a second violation on the same site. The third and any additional violations on the same site shall constitute a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or six months in jail, or both. Notwithstanding the above, a first offense may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Payment of any penalty herein shall not relieve a person or entity from the responsibility for correcting the violation.
(B) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(Ord. 1743, passed 11-6-19; Am. Ord. 1785, passed 10-19-22)