§ 92.99 PENALTY.

   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.

   (B)   (1)   Any person violating the terms of § 92.01(A) through (D) commits a class B misdemeanor as defined by state law, I.C. 35-50-3-3, as amended.

      (2)   A person violating § 92.01(E) shall be subject to a fine of not more than $2,500 for the first offense and a fine of not more than $7,500 for the second offense.

      (3)   Any person maintaining or suffering or permitting the maintenance of a nuisance as described in § 92.01 not subject hereto shall remove and abate the same within ten days of receiving notice to do so by the Town Marshal or Town Superintendent, unless the person, within the ten-day period of time, shall file his or her written request for a hearing before the Town Council on the abatement notice, the request to be filed with the Clerk-Treasurer. If the person shall not within the ten-day period abate and remove the nuisance, or request a hearing, then the Town Council shall cause the nuisance to be removed and abated. The town shall keep an accurate record of the expenses incurred in the abatement or removal. The expense shall be certified by the County Auditor and by the Clerk-Treasurer; and, the Auditor shall cause the expense to be placed on the tax duplicate of the person so violating § 92.01 and shall be collected at the time property taxes are collected.

(Ord. passed 11-20-2007)

   (C)   Any person violating the terms of § 92.02 and, thereafter, refusing to comply with the terms of § 92.02, after receiving the notice herein specified, shall be fined, according to § 10.99, as amended, any sum not exceeding the sum of $75 and costs of the prosecution.

(1998 Code, § 7-2)