(A) Upon the failure of any owner or operator to appear at the office of the Ordinance Violations Bureau Clerk, after having been notified as above provided, within 5 days after having been so notified, or upon the failure of any owner or operator to pay the specified penalty by mail, the person shall be advised by First Class United States mail from the office of the Ordinance Violations Bureau Clerk that he or she will be subject to prosecution for failure to report or to pay the penalty. The Judge may forthwith issue a summons or execute a complaint and warrant against the person in the Hancock County Court, alleging in the complaint that the person has not complied with the provisions of Chapter 72 and in what respect the chapter has been violated. The summons or complaint shall forthwith be mailed as provided or the Town Marshall shall serve such summons or warrant as instructed by the court.
(B) Persons admitting violations and those found by the court to be violators shall be fined in an amount not exceeding the specified penalty and court costs and shall pay the same forthwith.
(1989 Code, § 40.24)
Cross reference:
Penalties, see Chapter 47