(a) Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this Code or any order or notice issued by the inspector or his or her designee, after receipt of a notice of violation and expiration of the time within which to comply and from which no successful appeal is taken, shall be subject to an administrative penalty.
(b) Notice of an administrative penalty shall:
(1) Be put in writing on an appropriate form as the inspector shall determine;
(2) State the basis for the administrative penalty, including the section of this Code that has been violated;
(3) Specify a date not less than ten days from the expiration of the notice of violation for payment and the manner by which the penalty must be paid; and,
(4) Set forth the procedure to appeal.
(c) The penalty amounts are as follows:
(1) For a first offense, an administrative penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).
(2) For a second offense, within one year of the date of the first offense, an administrative penalty of five hundred dollars ($500.00).
(3) For a third offense or subsequent offense, within one year of the date of the first offense, an administrative penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(d) For purposes of this section, "offense" means any violation of this Code, such that a notice for a second or third similar offense may be issued and may be for a violation different than that for which the first notice was issued.
(e) Notice of an administrative penalty shall be provided in accordance with the notice procedures in Section 1289.06.
(f) Upon expiration of the time provided for by division (b)(3) of this section and with no appeal having been taken, the inspector shall forward the amount of the administrative penalty to the Clerk of Council for inclusion on the agenda of the next regular meeting of Council at which time Council shall take action to certify the amount of the administrative penalty to the County Auditor consistent with the provisions of Section 1289.11(a)(1).
(Ord. 1564-19. Passed 8-20-19.)