(a) Any operator who fails to file any return or report required under this chapter, if convicted, shall be subject to the maximum fine of five hundred dollars ($500.00) per occurrence, an unclassified misdemeanor, and all costs of prosecution. A separate offense shall be deemed to occur on the first day of each month the failure to file continues. The Finance Director will use certified or priority U.S. mail with receipt tracking to the establishment's address to notify non-filers of their status and set a deadline for response, and assess mailing expenses.
(b) Any operator who engages in prohibited discrimination, if convicted, shall be subject to a maximum fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000) per occurrence, an unclassified misdemeanor, and all costs of prosecution.
(c) Any person violating or failing to comply with any other provision of this chapter is subject to prosecution and conviction of a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than the maximum amount allowed by law.
(d) Upon a conviction for failure to file under division (a) of this section or discrimination under division (b) of this section, the Finance Director shall revoke the annual registration, notify the operator of the revocation and demand surrender of the certificate by certified or priority mail, then notify the Zoning Administrator for Planning Commission consideration of revocation.
(e) Upon conviction under division (b) of this section, or failure to pay Village income taxes or utilities, the Finance Director may advise the Zoning Administrator that the operator is no longer in good standing for Planning Commission consideration.
(Ord. 82-1. Passed 1-18-82; Ord. 2016-32. Passed 11-21-16.; Ord. 2021-06. Passed 5-3-21.)