§ 154.999 PENALTY.
   (A)   General.
      (1)   It shall be the duty of the Director to enforce these regulations and to bring any violations or lack of compliance to the attention of the Commission and Commission Attorney.
      (2)   No owner, or agent of the owner, of any parcel of land located in a proposed subdivision shall transfer or sell any such parcel before a plat of such subdivision has been approved by the Commission, in accordance with the provisions of these regulations and filed for recording with the County Recorder.
      (3)   (a)   The division of any lot or any parcel of land into a subdivision, as defined in this chapter, by the use of metes and bounds description for the purpose of sale, or transfer, or lease resulting in the creation of more than two new building sites of less than ten acres shall not be permitted.
         (b)   All such described divisions shall be subject to all of the appropriate requirements of this chapter.
      (4)   Except for model house, no improvement location permit required under the Uniform Building Code, the zoning regulations or this chapter shall be issued on any property subject to this chapter until the provisions of this chapter have been complied with.
   (B)   Violations and penalties. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter or any regulations herein contained, shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than $500 for each day’s violation, each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
   (C)   Restraining provisions.
      (1)   Any land within the participating jurisdictions subdivided in violation of the terms of this chapter after the effective date hereof, is hereby declared to be a common nuisance, which may be restrained, enjoined or abated in any appropriate action or proceeding.
      (2)   The Commission may institute a suit for mandatory injunction requesting an individual or governmental unit be directed, where such individual or governmental unit has violated any provisions of this chapter, to comply with the provisions of this chapter. The Commission may also institute an injunction suit requesting an individual or governmental unit be directed to remove a structure erected in violation of this chapter, or make the same comply with its terms. If the Commission is successful in its suit, the respondent shall pay the Commission’s reasonable attorney fees and all costs related to the enforcement of this chapter.
(Ord. passed 7-20-1992)