Woodside Municipal Code § 153.991 Authority and enforcement

All officials and public employees of the Town vested with the duty or authority to issue permits shall conform to the provisions of this chapter, and shall issue no permit, certificate, or license for structures, buildings, or uses in conflict with the provisions of this chapter. Any such permit, certificate, or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter, intentionally or otherwise, shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of the Planning Director to enforce the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, alteration, or addition to any structure or building or the use of any land, structure, building or premises.

(1975 Code, § 9-2.1501) (Ord. 1980-291, effective 9-11-80; Am. Ord. 1999-494, effective 3-25-99; Am. Ord. 2017-589, effective 8-24-17)

Any use, structure, or building set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this chapter shall be declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. The Town Attorney, upon an order of the Council, shall immediately commence an action or proceedings for the abatement, removal, and enjoinment of such use, structure, or building in the manner provided by law. The remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

(1975 Code, § 9-2.1502) (Ord. 1980-291, effective 9-11-80; Am. Ord. 1999-494, effective 3-25-99; Am. Ord. 2017-589, effective 8-24-17)

Editor's note— Ord. No. 2018-595, § 1, adopted June 26, 2018, repealed § 153.993, which pertained to nonmedical marijuana: regulating cultivation; prohibiting manufacture, processing, laboratory testing, labeling, storing, wholesale, and retail distribution and derived from Ord. 2016-578, adopted Oct. 25, 2016; Am. Ord. 2017-589, adopted Aug. 24, 2017; Am. Ord. 2017-590, adopted Sept. 12, 2017.

Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm, or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during and portion of which any violation of any provision of this chapter is committed or continued by such person, firm, or corporation and shall be punishable as prescribed by this chapter.

(1975 Code, § 9-2.1503) (Ord. 1980-291, effective 9-11-80; Am. Ord. 1984-321, effective 1-11-85; Am. Ord. 1999-494, effective 3-25-99)