(A) Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of the code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than $500 for each violation. Each day that a violation continues or is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) Whenever the City Council has determined that any officer or advisory board member has violated any provision of the code, such officer or advisory board member shall be subject to discipline, including forfeiture of his or her office or position. Any removal of an official from elected office shall be done in accordance with applicable state laws. The code shall be construed to prohibit any such officer or advisory board member from being re-elected, or reappointed to any position with the city for a period of three years from the date of termination.
(C) The City Council may exempt from the provisions of the code any conduct found to constitute a violation by an officer or advisory board member if it finds that the enforcement of the code with respect to such conduct is not in the public interest.
(D) Any contract or transaction which was the subject of an official act or action of the city in which there is an interest prohibited by the code, or which involved the violation of a provision of the code, shall be voidable at the option of the City Council.
(E) At the discretion of the City Council, the City Attorney or the city's outside independent attorney shall have the power, where a violation of the provisions of the code threatened or has occurred, to bring a civil action or proceeding, at law or in equity, for a judgment enjoining any violation of the provisions of the code or requiring the relinquishment of any prohibited interest or the voiding of any such contract or transaction, taking into account the interests of the city and any third persons who may be injured thereby. Where the City Council determines that the public interest may best be served by not voiding a contract or transaction entered into in violation of the code, such contract or transaction may be enforced and an action or proceeding may be brought against any officer or advisory board member found in violation of provisions of the code for damages, not to exceed twice the damages suffered by the city or twice the profit or gain realized by the officer or advisory board member, whichever is greater.
(Ord. 1466, passed 12-8-03; Am. Ord. OR-2182-20, passed 9-14-20)