§ 56.999  PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter, for which no other penalty is provided, shall be subject to the penalty provisions of § 10.99.
   (B)   (1)   Any person violating any provision of §§ 56.001 through 56.009, 56.020 through 56.026, 56.040 through 56.043, 56.055 through 56.058, 56.070 through 56.074, 56.085 through 56.093 and 56.105 through 56.110 shall be responsible for a civil infraction and subject to a fine of not less than $5,000 for a first offense, and not less than $10,000 for a subsequent offense, plus costs, damages and expenses. Each day a 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)   Any person who aids or abets a person in a violation of this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided in this section.
      (3)   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 the person admitted responsibility or was adjudicated to be responsible.
   (C)   Any person who neglects or fails to comply with a stop work order shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than $1,000 or imprisonment in the local jail for not more than three months, or both a fine and imprisonment, shall also pay costs as may be imposed in the discretion of the court.
(Ord. 06-15, passed 11-13-2006; Ord. 2015-01, passed 1-26-2015)