§ 50.25 ENFORCEMENT.

   (A)   The provisions of this subchapter shall be enforced by the duly authorized law enforcement officers of the county, including but not limited to, all law enforcement officers and deputies employed by the Sheriff's Department, and by designated Code Enforcement Officers employed by the County Administrator.

   (B)   County law enforcement officers and County Code Enforcement Officers shall be authorized and required to cause the inspection of any public or private property within the limits of the county whenever it shall be necessary to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.

   (C)   Any person violating the provisions of this subchapter in the presence of a law enforcement officer shall be issued a uniform summons for the offense.

   (D)   Whenever it appears to a county law enforcement officer or a County Code Enforcement Officer that property lying within the county limits contains litter as defined by this subchapter, the law enforcement officer shall serve written notice on the owner of the property requiring the owner to abate or remove the litter within 15 days.

   (E)   Any property owner who refuses or neglects to abate or remove litter from property, after receiving 15 days’ written notice, shall be served with a uniform summons and shall be subject to prosecution in accordance with § 50.99, below. In addition, the law enforcement officer or Code Enforcement Officer may also cause the removal or abatement of the litter, and all expenses incurred in so abating or removing the litter may be recoverable from the owner of the property from which the litter is removed or abated, or from any person causing or maintaining the same, in the same manner as debts of like amounts are now recoverable by law.

   (F)   Any person who is banned or sustains damages arising out of a violation of this subchapter shall be entitled to recover in a civil action threefold the actual damages from the person violating this subchapter, plus court costs and reasonable attorney's fees.

(Ord. 04-09-2022, passed 6-1-2022) Penalty, see § 50.99