Unless otherwise stated therein, the penalty for violation of any ordinance or code provision enforced by the Board under this article shall be as follows:
(A) The maximum civil fine that may be imposed for each offense if the citation is contested is two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
(B) If the citation is not contested, civil fines will be imposed according to the following schedule:
(1) For the first offense within a twelve (12) month period, where the violation is remedied within the time period required by the ordinance or for which no remediation is required, there shall be no fine. For the first offense within a twelve (12) month period, where the violation is not remedied within the time period required by the ordinance, the initial fine shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(2) For the second offense within a twelve (12) month period, the initial fine shall be two hundred dollars ($200.00).
(3) For the third offense within a twelve (12) month period, the initial fine shall be three hundred dollars ($300.00).
(4) For the fourth offense within a twelve (12) month period, the initial fine shall be four hundred dollars ($400.00).
(5) For the fifth and subsequent offenses within a twelve (12) month period, the initial fine shall be five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(6) For any offense that continues unremedied beyond the time period by which the ordinance requires the violation to be remedied, an additional fine of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for every seven (7) days, or portion thereof, beyond the remediation date shall be added to the initial fine until the violation is remedied by the responsible person or is abated by the city, or until the total fine reaches one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(7) The maximum civil fine that may be imposed for each offense if the citation is not contested is one thousand dollars ($1,000.00).
(C) For any citation that is contested, the civil fines scheduled in this section shall be doubled.
(Ord. 2023-3, passed 5-9-23)