(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
(B) (1) Any person who shall violate any provision of § 150.01 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $2,000. Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense. This penalty provision is cumulative of any and all rights the town has to enforce § 150.01 through any lawful means, including legal action seeking injunctive or other appropriate relief.
(2) Any person, firm, or corporation who obstructs, impedes, or interferes with a representative of the town, with a representative of a town department, with monitoring equipment, or with a person who has been ordered to abate a situation pursuant to § 150.01 and who is lawfully engaged in the abatement is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, is punishable by a fine as provided hereinabove.
(3) In addition to proceeding under authority of divisions (A)(1) and (A)(2) above, the town is entitled to pursue all other criminal and civil remedies to which it is entitled under authority of statutes or other ordinances against a person, firm, or corporation that remains in violation of § 150.01.
(C) The owner of any structure who fails to post and maintain a street number address as set out in § 150.03 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $200. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense and punishable as same.
(D) Any person, firm, or corporation or others violating any provision of § 150.06 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, if convicted, shall be fined not to exceed $100. Every day that the violation continues shall constitute, and be punishable as, a separate offense. The town may also bring suit for injunction against any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate or threaten to violate any of the provisions of this section.
(E) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provisions of § 150.20, irrespective of whether or not the verbiage of each section hereof contains the specific language that the violation or failure to comply is unlawful and is an offense. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of § 150.20 or any of the provisions of a permit or license issued pursuant hereto, or who shall fail to comply with the terms hereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum not to exceed $500, and the violation of each separate provision thereof shall be considered a separate offense. Each day’s continuance of a failure to comply herewith shall constitute a separate and distinct offense for each of the days.
(F) It shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provisions of §§ 150.80 through 150.83 irrespective of whether or not the verbiage of each section thereof contains the specific language that such violation or failure to comply is unlawful and is an offense. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of §§ 150.80 through 150.83 or any of the provisions of a permit issued pursuant thereto, or who shall fail to comply with the terms thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum not to exceed $2000 and the violation of each separate provision thereof shall be considered a separate offense. Each day's continuance of a failure to comply herewith shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(G) (1) Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 150.90 through 150.96 for which no specific penalty is provided, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon final conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum of not less than $50 nor more than $1,000 for each offense. Each day the violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate violation.
(2) (a) Any person who shall violate any of the specific provisions of §§ 150.90 through 150.96 or any of the provisions of a permit issued pursuant thereto, or who shall fail to comply with the terms thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in accordance with Texas law and the violation of each separate provision thereof shall be considered a separate offense.
(b) Each day's continuance of a failure to comply therewith shall constitute a separable and distinct offense for each of said days.
(c) The town is not restricted to the imposition of fines as provided herein as its only means of enforcement of §§ 150.90 through 150.96. The town may enforce the terms of §§ 150.90 through 150.96 through judicial process as well, including, but not limited to, injunctive relief. The use of one form of enforcement does not stop or prohibit the town from using other forms of enforcement as well.
(Ord. 22, passed 5-2-1961; Ord. 91, passed 4-8-1980; Ord. 104, passed 3-6-1984; Ord. 178, passed 11-9-1995; Ord. 199, passed 11-12-1998; Ord. 212, passed 1-13-2000; Ord. 272, passed 12-15-2005; Ord. 273, passed 2-9-2006; Ord. 313, passed 6-22-2010; Ord. 314, passed 6-22-2010; Ord. 377, passed 10-9-2014)