Chapter 18.132 — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

Sections:

• 18.132.010 Officials and city employees to conform – Enforcement. 18.132.020 Penalty for violation. 18.132.030 Nuisance abatement. 18.132.040 Remedies cumulative.

All departments, officials, and public employees of the city vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this title, and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, structures, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this title; and any such permit or license issued in conflict therewith shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of the building inspector of the city to enforce the provisions of this title pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, moving, conversion, alteration, or addition to any building or structure. Any city official may refer any request for interpretation of this title to the city council.

Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this title, is guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor, as determined by the code enforcement officer, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed to be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this title is committed or continued by such person, firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable as provided in this section.

Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title, and any use of lands, buildings, or premises established or conducted thereon, operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title is unlawful and a public nuisance; and the city attorney shall, upon order of the city council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner prescribed by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such buildings or structures, and restrain and enjoin any person, firm, or corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building, structure, or land contrary to the provision of this title.

The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.