1125.99 PENALTY.
   The following penalties shall apply to the violations of these regulations.
   (a)    Whoever willfully violates any rule or regulation 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 shall forfeit and pay not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,000. Such sum may be recovered with costs in a civil action brought in the Court of Common Pleas by the legal representative of the Village in the name of the Village and for the use thereof.
   (b)    A County Recorder who records a plat contrary to the provisions of these regulations shall forfeit and pay not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00, to be recovered with the costs in a civil action by the Village Solicitor in the name and for the use of the Village.
   (c)    Whoever, being the owner or agent of the owner of any land within or without a municipal corporation, willfully 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 $100.00, nor more than $500.00 for each lot, parcel, or tract of land so sold. The description of such 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.
   (d)    Any person who disposes of, offers for sale, or leases for a time exceeding five (5) 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 $100.00 nor more than $500.00, 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 Village Treasurer for the use of the Village.