(A) A city police, citation or code enforcement officer may issue a citation containing the necessary information of said violation as prescribed by the city.
(B) For good cause, as determined in the sole and absolute discretion of the city police officer, citation or code enforcement officer, a city police officer, citation or codes enforcement officer, may issue a notice of violation in lieu of a citation, allowing the offender ten (10) days within which to obtain a city business license. The cost of said license and late fine, if applicable, shall be determined pursuant to the requirements of this chapter.
(C) Each person carrying on or conducting any business, as defined herein, without having first submitted an application and if required, obtained a license on or before the applicable due date to carry on and conduct such business shall be issued either a citation or notice of violation of this chapter.
(D) If after the citation is issued the offending party wishes not to contest the citation, the minimum fine to be assessed shall be one-hundred dollars ($100) and in addition to paying the fine, the offending party shall purchase the required business license.
(E) If the citation is contested and a hearing before the Code Enforcement Board is required, the penalties that may be imposed at the discretion of the Board shall be one-hundred dollars ($100) to five-hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. If after the citation is issued, the offending party wishes to contest the citation, notification must be delivered pursuant to the requirements of the City of Murray Code Enforcement Ordinance, Chapter 40. If the offending party fails to respond to the citation within the requisite period of time, the offending party shall be deemed to have waived the right to a hearing to contest the citation and a determination by the Code Enforcement Board that a violation was committed shall be considered final. In this event the Code Enforcement Board shall enter a final order determining that the violation was committed and imposing the civil fine set forth in the citation. This shall be in addition to requiring the offending party to purchase a business license.
(F) If the offending party notifies the city of his or her intention to have a hearing before the Code Enforcement Board, then, a hearing shall be established for the offending party pursuant to City of Murray Code Enforcement Board Ordinance, Chapter 40.
(G) All final orders by the Code Enforcement Board as a result of violation of this chapter shall accrue interest at the judgment rate of interest as established by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
(H) A lien may be filed enforcing any final order of the Code Enforcement Board as a result of a violation of this chapter.
(I) Any person refusing to allow a representative of the city or the code enforcement officer to enter upon any premises for the purpose of inspection to confirm compliance with this chapter shall have their business license revoked for the premises.
(Ord. 519, passed 4-9-70; Am. Ord. 811, passed 3-14-85; Am. Ord. 2000-1205, passed 2-10-00; Am. Ord. 2012-1563, passed 2-23-12; Am. Ord. 2016-1690, passed 2-18-16; Am. Ord. 2017-1726, passed 3-23-17; Am. Ord. 2019-1780, passed 8- 22-19)