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(Amended by Ord. No. 175,596, Eff. 12/7/03.)
In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the City may collect any judgment, fee, cost, or charge, including any permit fees, fines, late charges, or interest, incurred in relation to the provisions of this division or Division 3.5 of this article as provided in Los Angeles Administrative Code Sections 7.35.1 through 7.35.8.
(Added by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)
Any person or entity violating this article shall be liable for a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each day the violation is committed or permitted to continue. The fine shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought by the City Attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction. There may be no more than one violation per building per day. The Department shall also be entitled to the costs of enforcing this article, pursuant to a court order. Any fine assessed and recovered in an action brought pursuant to this paragraph shall be paid to the Department. The Department shall have the authority to pursue any of the remedies, including fines or fees authorized by California Health and Safety Code Sections 17980, 17980.6 through 17981, and 17992, and any other remedies provided by law. (Amended by Ord. No. 175,596, Eff. 12/7/03.)
Any person or entity properly served in the manner set forth in this article, with a notice or order by the General Manager declaring a building to be a substandard building, or setting forth a violation of this article and demanding its correction within a specified period of time, shall be presumed, in civil proceedings, to have failed to comply with the notice or order if the time for correction has expired without correction of the violation.
(Added by Ord. No. 173,011, Eff. 1/30/00.)
Any person or entity who erects, constructs, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves, improves, converts or demolishes, equips, uses, occupies, or maintains any building or structure or permits the above to be done, in violation of any provision of this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of up to $1,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by both, and that person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for every day the violation, disobedience, omission, neglect or refusal continues. Any person who does any work in violation of any of the provisions of this article, or any order of the General Manager made pursuant to this article , and any person having charge of work who permits it to be done, shall be liable for the penalty provided.
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