(a) Any person has committed a class A violation if the person:
(1) operates, attempts to operate, or permits the operation of rental housing that the person owns without first having obtained a rental housing license, or
(2) does not comply with a Commission order or summons.
If a person stops operating rental housing, no penalty will apply during the sixty-day period that tenants have to vacate the housing as specified in Section 29-25.
(b) In addition to any criminal or other penalty provided in this Chapter, the County Attorney may initiate an appropriate civil action to correct any violation of this Article under Section 29-8, and any court with jurisdiction may issue restraining orders, temporary or permanent injunctions or other appropriate relief. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1973 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 2; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 3; 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)
Editor's note—Section 29-18, formerly § 29-17, was renumbered and amended pursuant to 2000 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.