§ 151.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
   (B)   (1)   Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provision of §§ 151.30 to 151.36, the Building and Housing Code or of a technical code adopted hereunder or who violates or fails to comply with any order made thereunder, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such order as affirmed by the appellate body or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed therein, shall, severally and for every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be fined an amount not to exceed state law or imprisoned for a term not to exceed state law, or both, the imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each day that any prohibited condition is maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
      (2)   The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
   (C)   Until an application is made and approved in the manner prescribed in §§ 151.50 to 151.55 and the grading permit issued, no grading, stripping or cutting of any site within the city shall be done and no grading, stripping or cutting of any site within the city shall be done without strict compliance with soil erosion and situation control measures set forth in the grading permit. Any owner or contractor and any workers who perform any work or labor, or cause, permit or allow the same to be performed in the grading, stripping or cutting of any site within the city without obtaining a permit therefor or without complying with the soil erosion and control measures set forth in the grading permit shall be fined an amount not to exceed state law until in compliance.
(Prior Code, § 1705.99) (Ord. 04-05, passed - -)