(A) Notice of violation.
(1) The Zoning Administrator shall serve a notice of violation or order the person responsible for the erection, construction, alteration, extension, repair, use, or occupancy of a structure or lot in violation of this chapter, or in violation of a certificate of zoning compliance issued hereunder.
(2) The order shall direct the discontinuance of the illegal action or condition, and abatement of the violation.
(B) Stop-work order.
(1) Upon notice from the Zoning Administrator that work on any structure or premises is being performed contrary to other provisions of this chapter, the work shall be immediately stopped.
(2) The stop-work order shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property involved, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work; and shall state the conditions under which the work may be resumed.
(3) Any person who shall continue any work in or about the structure or premises after having been served with a stop-work order, except the work as the person is directed by the Zoning Administrator to perform in order to remove violations or unsafe conditions, shall be liable for the penalties set forth in division (C) below.
(C) Nuisance per se.
(1) Any structure which is erected, altered, or converted, or any use of any structure or lot which is commenced or changes after the effective date of this chapter, in violation of any of the provisions herein, is declared to be a nuisance per se, and may be abated by order of any court of competent jurisdiction providing further, that any use of land or dwellings, buildings, or structures, including tents and trailer coaches, used, erected, altered, razed, or converted in violation of any provision of this chapter is hereby declared to be a nuisance per se.
(2) The court shall order the nuisance abated and the owners and/or agent in charge of the dwelling, structure; tent, trailer coach or land shall be adjudged guilty of maintaining a nuisance per se.
(Ord. -, Article VI, § 6.8, passed 9-12-2006)