Whoever violates any provision of this chapter or any Code adopted herein or fails to comply with any lawful order issued pursuant thereto is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree, the penalty for which shall be a maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) and imprisonment for a maximum period of sixty days, or both. Each subsequent violation within two years of previously being convicted of or pleading guilty to the same provision of this Code shall be a misdemeanor of the first degree, the penalty for which shall be a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and imprisonment for a maximum of six months, or both. Each day during which noncompliance or a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The Municipality may institute injunction proceedings in Common Pleas Court to abate the nuisance of failure to cease work after receipt of a stop work order as referred to in Section 1305.06(b).
(Ord. 22-2024. Passed 3-26-24.)