(a) (1) Any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be responsible for a Municipal civil infraction and subject to a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for a first offense, and not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for a subsequent offense, plus costs, damages, expenses, and other sanctions as authorized under Chapter 87 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961 and other applicable laws, including, without limitation, equitable relief provided, however, that the violation stated in division (b) of this section shall be a misdemeanor. Each day such violation occurs or continues shall be deemed a separate offense and shall make the violator liable for the imposition of a fine for each day. The rights and remedies provided for in this section are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies provided by law. An admission or determination of responsibility shall not exempt the offender from compliance with the requirements of this chapter.
(2) For purposes of this section, "subsequent offense" means a violation of the provisions of this chapter committed by the same person within 12 months of a previous violation of the same provision of this chapter for which said person admitted responsibility or was adjudicated to be responsible.
(3) The City Director of Community Development is authorized to issue Municipal civil infraction citations to any person alleged to be violating any provision of this chapter.
(b) Any person who neglects or fails to comply with a stop work order issued under Section 1043.31 of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than 93 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and such person shall also pay such costs as may be imposed in the discretion of the court.
(c) Any person who aids or abets a person in a violation of this chapter shall be subject to the sanctions provided in this section.
(Ord. 07-2002-10. Passed 7-2-02.)