Any person, business, owner, operator, patron and/or employee found liable for violating or refusing to comply with any provision(s) of this ordinance shall be fined in an amount of no less than $250 or no more than $2,500. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist or occur, and each separate occurrence, shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, any premises, building, dwelling or other structure in which an adult entertainment business is repeatedly operated or maintained in violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall constitute a public nuisance, and the owner and/or operator shall be subject to a loss of his, her, or its adult entertainment business license and shall be subject to civil abatement proceedings initiated in the Town Court. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist or occur shall constitute a separate operation or maintenance of the violation. Violations of this Article shall constitute a nuisance per se, whether or not such violations are repeated or intentional. Where a violation of this ordinance is proven in a court of competent jurisdiction, the costs, including all court costs and attorneys’ fees relating to such proof, shall be recoverable from the violator in addition to any other fine, abatement or equitable relief imposed by the court, and a lien against the violator’s property may be imposed for failure to pay the fines, costs and/or attorneys’ fees.
(Ord. 21-97, passed - -1997; Ord. 3-2000, passed - -2000; Ord. 51-2005, passed 10-10-2005; Ord. 02-2009, passed 1-26-2009)