19-5.30 VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.

19-5.3001 Penalty.

Any owner or agent, and any person or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this Article or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or who shall erect, structurally alter, enlarge, rebuild, or move any building or buildings or any structure or who shall put into use any lot or land in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted hereunder, or who shall refuse reasonable opportunity to inspect any premises, shall be liable to a fine of not more than five hundred ($500.00) dollars or to imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, in the discretion of the Municipal Magistrate. Each and every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct violation (Ord #2-77, 19-5.2401; Ord. #19-88, 7)

19-5.3002 Liability of Others.

The owner of any building or structure, lot or land or part thereof, where anything in violation of this Article shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who assists in the commission of such violation shall each be responsible for compliance with the provisions of this Article and shall each be liable to the fine or imprisonment or both specified in subsection 19-5.2401 above for a violation hereof (Ord #2-77, 19-5.2402; Ord #19-88, 7)

19-5.3003 Civil Action.

In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Article, the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct business or use in or about such premises (Ord #2-77, 19-5.2403, Ord #19-88, 7)