(B) (1) Any person failing to respond to a direct request to secure a permit or to comply with the requirements of the “Codes” noted in § 152.32 will be found guilty of violating the provisions of §§ 152.30 through 152.34, and shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be subject to a fine of not to exceed $100 or confinement in jail for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or the imposition of both fine and commitment within the discretion of the court. Each day that a violation of § 152.32 is continued or permitted to exist without compliance shall constitute a separate offense punishable upon conviction in the manner prescribed in this section, provided no person shall be imprisoned for a single but continuing violation of §§ 152.30 through 152.34 in excess of 90 days. The provisions of the §§ 152.30 through 152.34 may also be enforced by suit for an injunction, damage, or other appropriate legal action without exclusion of other remedies.
(2) All expenses incurred by the township caused by enforcement of §§ 152.30 through 152.34 may be charged against the real and/or personal property as are real and/or personal property taxes and a lien shall operate in a manner identical to the lien imposed for failure to pay real and/or personal property taxes. A civil action by the township against the owner and/or occupant of the premises to recover public funds expended for the removal or abatement of such violation may also be commenced.
(C) Any person who shall violate any provision of the code or standard hereby adopted in § 152.35 or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance, respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than $100 or by imprisonment for not more than 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, the application of the above penally shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions. Each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 10, passed 5-23-1979; Ord. 01-02, passed 6-13-2001; Ord. 0901, passed 1-14-2009)