(a) Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be responsible for a municipal civil infraction and subject to a fine for a first offense and enhanced fines for subsequent offense(s), plus costs, damages, expenses, and other sanctions authorized by the Mason City Code and Chapter 82-291 and other applicable laws, including, without limitation, equitable relief. Each day such 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.
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 said person admitted responsibility or was adjudicated to be responsible.
The city is authorized to issue municipal civil infraction citations to any person alleged to be violating any provision of this chapter.
(b) Any person who neglects or fails to comply with a stop work order issued under this chapter shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $2,500 per day or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 93 days, or both such fine and imprisonment, and such person shall also pay such costs as may be imposed in the discretion of the court.
(c) Any person who aids or abets a person in a violation of this chapter shall be subject to the sanctions provided in this section.
(Ord. No. 203, 10-17-2016)