(A) Any person found to be violating any provision of this ordinance may be served by the County Board of Health or the duly appointed Health Officer, with a written order stating the nature of the violation, conditions that may transmit disease, and providing a time limit for satisfactory correction thereof.
(B) If a person refuses or neglects to obey an order issued under this section or I.C. 16-20-1-25, proceedings may be instituted in the courts for enforcement. An order may be enforced by injunction. If the action is a criminal offense, a law enforcement authority with the jurisdiction over the place where the offense occurred shall be notified.
(C) Any person who violates any provision of this subchapter shall be deemed to have committed an ordinance violation and, upon conviction shall be fined not more than $500 for the first offense and not more than $1,000 for the second offense; and for the third and each subsequent offense by a fine of not more than $2,500. Each day after the expiration of the time limit for abating unsanitary conditions and completing improvements to abate such conditions as ordered by the County Board of Health or by the duly appointed Health Officer of the County, shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. Such monies (fines) collected shall be accounted for and shall be transferred to the Health Fund of the taxing unit.
(Ord. 2012-01, passed 2-21-12)