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1159.03 FAILURE TO MAINTAIN.
   No owner in the OV District shall fail to provide sufficient and reasonable care, maintenance and upkeep appropriate to ensure the perpetuation of all structures, appurtenances, architectural features, and lot improvements and to prevent their destruction by deterioration. This provision shall be independent of and in addition to all other applicable Code provisions.
(Ord. 06-0-105. Passed 9-5-06.)
1159.04 EXCLUSIONS.
   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent any normal maintenance or repair of a structure, appurtenance, architectural feature, or lot improvement now or hereafter in the Old Village which involves no change in material, design, arrangement, texture or color.
   Nor shall this chapter be construed to prevent the alteration, construction, improvement or demolition of any structure, appurtenance, architectural feature, or lot improvement the administration has designated as being in an unsafe or dangerous condition and required for the public safety pursuant to this Code.
(Ord. 06-0-105. Passed 9-5-06.)
1159.05 CRITERIA FOR LANDS ZONED OLD VILLAGE DISTRICT (OV).
   Parcels shall be within or immediately adjacent to those areas designated within the City’s Comprehensive Plan as the “Old Village Commercial Corridor”. Criteria for lands zoned Old Village (OV) shall be as provided in Section 1153.01(c).
(Ord. 07-0-42. Passed 4-17-07.)
1159.99 PENALTY.
   In any civil action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the Law Director or designated assistant may request that the court impose the following civil penalties:
   (a)   Whoever makes any alteration, construction, or improvement with respect to any structure, appurtenance, architectural feature, or lot improvement now or hereafter in the OV District in violation of Section 1159.01 shall pay a civil penalty of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
   (b)   Whoever demolishes a substantial part or all of any structure now or hereafter in the OV District in violation of Section 1159.01 shall pay a civil penalty of not less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) nor more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
   (c)   Notwithstanding the civil penalty provisions of this section, whoever causes, by wilful action or wilful neglect, any alteration or demolition of any structure, appurtenance, architectural feature or lot improvement now or hereafter in the OV District in violation of this Section 1159.01 shall be required to restore or reconstruct same in accordance with all pertinent standards of this Code.
      (Ord. 06-0-105. Passed 9-5-06.)