(A) The compromise and settlement of a complaint for the violation of any enforcement provision of this code pursuant to § 31.13, or an action upon such complaint initiated and prosecuted pursuant to § 31.14, and any fines, fees or costs imposed and collected in connection therewith are in consequence of the penal violation of the respective enforcement provision per se, and the compromise and settlement of any such complaint or judgment of a court in favor of the town does not prevent the town from initiating and pursuing any or all of the following further or collateral civil actions:
(1) An action to recover costs incurred by the town to bring any property or the use thereof into compliance with an enforcement provision pursuant to I.C. 36-1-6-2;
(2) An action seeking a civil injunction against a violator to ensure current or future enforcement of and compliance with any enforcement provision pursuant to I.C. 36-1-6-4;
(3) An action to recover damages to town property or any other pecuniary loss to the town arising out of the violation of any enforcement provision; and/or
(4) An action to recover stipulated costs incurred by the town in any action described in divisions (A)(1), (A)(2) or (A)(3) above, including, but not limited to, attorney’s fees and any filing fees paid by the town in any such action pursuant to I.C. 33-10.5-8-7.
(B) It shall be the duty of the Town Attorney if so instructed by the Town Council to initiate and prosecute any such further actions as the case may warrant.
(1984 Code, § 1-3-18)