Chapter 18.44 — ENFORCEMENT

All departments, officials and public employees of the town 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 town to enforce the provisions of this title pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, moving, conversion, alteration or addition to any building or structure.

(Code 1987, § 18.40.010; Ord. No. 26-1976, art. 12, § 12.01, 1976)

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, shall be, and the same is declared to be, unlawful and a public nuisance; and the town attorney of the town shall, upon order of the town council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner prescribed by law, and shall take such relief as will abate and remove such buildings or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person or entity from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining or using any such building or structure contrary to the provisions of this title.

(Code 1987, § 18.40.020; Ord. No. 26-1976, art. 12, § 12.03, 1976)

The remedies provided in this title shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

(Code 1987, § 18.40.030; Ord. No. 26-1976, art. 12, § 12.04, 1976)

Any person or entity, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500.00 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person or entity 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 or entity and shall be punishable as provided in this section.

(Code 1987, § 18.440.040)