The following penalties shall apply to the violations of these regulations.
(A) Whoever violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, refuses to comply with, or who resists enforcement of this chapter, or amendment(s) thereto, as adopted by the Village Council for the purpose of setting standards and requiring and securing the construction of improvements within a subdivision, or fails to comply with any order pursuant thereto, is creating a public nuisance and the creation thereof may be enjoined and maintenance thereof may be abated by action at suit of the village or any citizen thereof. Whoever so violates these regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree for a first offense and shall be fined not to exceed $750 or imprisoned not to exceed 90 days, or both. For a second offense, they shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and fined not to exceed $1,000 or imprisoned not to exceed six months, or both. Such sum may be recovered with costs in civil action brought in the County Court of Common Pleas.
(B) A County Recorder who records a plat contrary to the provisions of these regulations shall forfeit and pay not less than $100, nor more than $500, to be recovered with costs in a civil action by the County Prosecuting Attorney.
(C) Whoever, being the owner or the agent of the owner of any land within or without a village corporation, transfers any lot, parcel, or tract of such land from, or in accordance with, a plat of a subdivision before such plat has been recorded in the office of the County Recorder shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than $100, nor more than $500, for each lot, parcel, or tract by metes and bounds in the deed or transfer shall not serve to exempt the seller from the forfeiture provided in this section, if such land is within a municipal corporation, such sum may be recovered in a civil action brought in the County Court of Common Pleas by the legal representative of the municipality in the name of the municipality.
(D) Any person who disposes of, offers for sale or lease, for a time exceeding five years, any lot or any part of a lot in a subdivision before provisions of these regulations are complied with shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than $100, nor more than $500, for each lot or part of a lot so sold, offered for sale, or leased, to be recovered with costs in a civil action in the name of the municipality.
(Ord. 1235, passed 7-16-2002)