(a) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this Zoning Code or fails to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or builds or alters any building or commences to erect or alter any building in disregard or violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted or approved in connection with the issuance of any permit, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars ($50.00). A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues. The owner of the building or lot where anything in violation of this Zoning Code is placed or permitted to exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, lessee or person employed in connection with such violation, or who has assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense and shall be subject to the penalty herein provided.
(b) No person shall fail or refuse to comply with any order issued by any City authority pursuant to the provisions of this chapter within the period specified for such compliance.
(c) (1) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance continues after the time for compliance specified in the notice.
(2) The application of the penalty provided for herein shall be in addition to the equitable remedies provided elsewhere in this chapter.
(d) In addition to the other remedies and penalties provided in this Zoning Code, in the event any building or structure is built, relocated or structurally altered or any lot is used in violation of the provisions of this Zoning Code, the City Attorney, if so directed by the Mayor or Council or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be especially damaged by the violation, may institute injunctions, mandamus, abatement or any other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent any threatened or continuing violation of this Zoning Code.
(Ord. 2002-45. Passed 8-22-02; Ord. 2005-46. Passed 10-13-05.)