Sec. 1-15 General Penalties.

   a.   Whenever in the ordinances of the Town, any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act or omission. 6

   b.   General Penalty:

      1.   Any party violating an ordinance for the Town of Schererville, Indiana, which subjects said party to a potential penalty shall pay a fine ranging from a minimum of twenty ($25.00) dollars and a maximum fine of two thousand five hundred ($2500.00) dollars.

      2.   Said minimum fine of twenty-five ($25.00) dollars and maximum fine of two thousand five hundred ($2500.00) dollars shall be applicable to each violation of Schererville ordinance and in a situation in which multiple violations exist and are charged under the same ordinance number the violating party shall be assessed separate fines for each specific act.

      3.   This ordinance does not apply to any ordinance violation which has a fine specifically prescribed by Indiana state statute and in such cases the Indiana state statute shall apply as to fine range.

      4.   Any and all prior nonconflicting provisions contained in the existing Schererville ordinances shall remain in full force and effect and it is not the intent of the Town Council to modify any provisions of existing ordinances other than to provide for the standard penalty section which is set forth here above.

(Ord. No. 1345, §§ 1-4,7-17-96)

   c.   Each day a violation of this Code is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense. 7

   d.   The Town may bring a civil action to enjoin any person from:

      1.   violating any Ordinance regulating or prohibiting a condition or use of property; or

      2.   engaging in conduct without license if an Ordinance requires a license to engage in the conduct. 8

   e.   The Court may suspend all or any part of a penalty imposed for an Ordinance violation and may require as a condition of such suspension that the defendant shall perform uncompensated work that benefits the community.

 

Notes

6	6   I.C., § 34-4-32-4, addresses Ordinance violations, and I.C., § 36-1-3-8, authorizes a maximum fine of $2,500 for an Ordinance violation.
7	7   I.C., § 9-4-1-127.1, addresses Class C infractions.
8	8   I.C., § 36-1-6-4, addresses injunctions.

Sec. 1-16 Town Seal.

   a.   The Clerk-Treasurer shall be the custodian of the Town's Seal and affix it to such documents and instruments as required.

   b.   The Town Seal of Schererville shall be the form and style as affixed to the certificate page of this Code.

Sec. 1-17 Errors and Omissions.

   If a manifest error be discovered consisting of the misspelling of any word or words, the omission of any word or words necessary to express the intention of the provisions affected, or the use of a word or words to which no meaning can be attached, or the use of a word or words when another word or words was clearly intended to express such intent, such spelling shall be corrected and such word or words supplied, omitted or substituted as will conform with the manifest intention, and the provisions shall have the same affect as though the correct words were contained in the text as originally published. No alteration shall be made or permitted if any question exits regarding the nature or extent of the error.