(a) The Division of Enhanced 911, Office of Addressing is authorized to require the owner of any business or residential structure within the urban county from which the address, or any part thereof, has been removed or damaged to cause the same to be replaced at the expense of the owners thereof. The Division of Enhanced 911, Office of Addressing shall also have the power to require the owner of any business or residential structure within the urban county to affix an address and/or building, site and/or property numbers, or any part thereof, as required in sections 17-2 through 17-4. The commissioner of public safety and citation officers authorized by ordinance may issue notices of violations and citations to enforce sections 17-2 through 17-4 and subsection 6-8(k) of the Land Subdivision Regulations and such citations may be enforced as civil offenses pursuant to the procedure set forth in this section and section 17-4.1.
(b) Violations. The following shall constitute violations:
(1) The failure of any owner of a business or residential structure to affix an address and/or building, site and/or property numbers, or any part thereof, upon a structure or other device, within ten (10) business days of notification by the Division of Enhanced 911, Office of Addressing;
(2) The failure of any owner of a private access easement to erect regulation street signs in accordance with this section within thirty (30) days from the date the Division of Enhanced 911, Office of Addressing approves said request;
(3) The maintenance, by any person, of an address and/or a building, site or property number, or any part thereof, in such a way that it is not clearly visible and identifiable at all times during daylight hours, including, but not limited to, the removal of anything that obstructs such visibility;
(4) Defacing, moving, removing, or causing to be moved or removed any address and/or building, site or property number, or any part thereof, affixed upon a structure or other device, or any part thereof, placed by lawful authority;
(5) Naming a private access easement without the prior approval of the Division of Enhanced 911, Office of Addressing; or
(6) Placing or causing to be placed any sign bearing a name not approved by the Division of Enhanced 911, Office of Addressing upon any private access easement.
(7) Once the appropriate building permit(s) is issued, the owner of the property is required to post the assigned numbers for the site on a temporary sign that is conspicuously posted and visible, until such time as the permanent numbers can be displayed in accordance with the requirements of this section, which is to be done prior to any final inspection for occupancy.
(c) Criminal penalty. Every person failing to perform the duties required of him by or to comply with the provisions of sections 17-2 through 17-4, or subsection 6-8(k) of the Land Subdivision Regulations, shall for every offense be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), and each day's continuance of any such violation shall be a separate offense.
(d) Alternative civil enforcement. Except as otherwise specified herein, the provisions of chapter 2B of the Code of Ordinances shall apply to all civil enforcement actions. As an alternative remedy to the criminal penalties contained in this section, any person who violates any provision of sections 17-2 through 17-4, or subsection 6-8(k) of the Land Subdivision Regulations, may be assessed civil fines of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), pursuant to the civil fine guidelines in section 17-4.1.
(e) Nothing contained in sections 17-2 through 17-4.8 of the Code shall prohibit the urban county government from taking any action permitted by law to remedy a violation of its ordinances when there is reason to believe that the existence of the violation presents a serious threat to the public health, safety and welfare, or if in the absence of immediate action, the effects of the violation will be irreparable or irreversible.