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 Chapter 2. ADMINISTRATION
 Article V. CODE ENFORCEMENT

  § 2-191. Schedule of civil penalties.  

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  • (a)

    The following table shows the sections of this Code, as they may be amended from time to time, and the dollar amount of civil penalty for the violation of these sections as they may be amended. Each "Description of Violations" below is for informational purposes only and is not meant to limit or define the nature of the violations or the subject matter of the listed Code sections. To determine the exact nature of the activity proscribed or required by this Code, the relevant Code section must be examined.

    (b)

    The following is the schedule of civil penalties:

     Code
    section     		Description
    of violation
    		Civil
    penalty
    (1)  3-51 Operating an alarm system without a valid alarm user certificate $10.00
    (2)  3-96 through 3-102 Failing to comply with smoke detection requirements $100.00 per day during first 30 days of noncompliance;
    $200.00 per day after 30 days of noncompliance
    (3)  4-3(b) Selling liquor, beer or wine within 300 feet of churches, etc.  250.00
    (4)  4-4 Selling liquor, beer or wine during hours other than prescribed hours of sale  250.00
    (5)  5-1 Shooting, trapping, killing or destroying birds or nests   50.00
    (6)  5-2 Keeping animals (other than dogs and cats) without special permit   50.00
    (7)  5-3 Keeping fowl or permitting fowl to run at large   50.00
    (8)  5-4 Cruelty to animals   50.00
    (9)  5-5 Taking or keeping a dog in a park or on a beach or allowing a dog to run at large   50.00
    (10)  5-6 Permitting a cat to be outside any residence without requisite bells   50.00
    (11)  6-26 et seq. Undertaking specified building activities without a permit For licensed contractor, $200.00 or cost of double permit fee, whichever is greater;
    For homeowner, $100.00 or cost of double permit fee, whichever is greater
    (12)  6-111 through
     6-145     		Demolishing a structure without a permit; failing to comply with demolition permit or plan or with regrading and revegetation plans  250.00
    (13)  9-28, 9-32 Failing to obtain a local business tax receipt  250.00
    (14)  9-31 Failing to post occupational license   50.00
    (15) 10-1 Fishing from any viaduct or bridge or any other posted area   50.00
    (16) 10-2 Improperly constructing groins  250.00
    (17) 10-31 Doing prohibited activities on a public beach: driving vehicles, destroying plants, taking animals, starting fires, building or maintaining tents, shelters or structures, or fishing in posted areas   50.00
    (18) 11-1 Erecting advertising matters without authorization   50.00
    (19) 11-2 Littering   25.00
    (20) 11-3 Failing to keep lots clean  100.00
    (21) 11-27 through 11-29 Making or causing a loud, excessive or unusual noise disturbance  250.00
    (22) 11-31(a) and (b) Making or causing restricted noises during unpermitted hours  250.00
    (23) 11-31(c) Constructing, demolishing, altering or repairing the exterior of any dwelling  250.00
    (24) 11-31(c) Mowing lawns or performing other lawn maintenance activities during unpermitted hours  100.00
    (25) 11-31(d) Permitting contractors to make additions, alterations or repairs inside any dwelling during unpermitted hours  250.00
    (26) 12-2 Making false statements in applications for permit, permission or license  100.00
    (27) 12-5 Destroying or disturbing trees or shrubbery  100.00
    (28) 12-7 Discharging weapons  250.00
    (29) 12-8 Selling or using stink bombs  100.00
    (30) Chapter 15 Erection or maintenance of signs in violation of the requirements of Chapter 15  100.00
    (31) 16-2 Failing to promptly dispose of garbage or trash   25.00
    (32) 16-4(a) Improper disposal of vegetation and trash  500.00
    (33) 16-4(b) Disposing of vegetation without cutting as required  250.00
    (34) 16-31, 16-32 Failing to provide in specified manner specified rooms or loading areas and containers in hotels, apartment houses and shopping centers for storage of trash and garbage   25.00
    (35) 16-33 Using underground garbage storage containers   25.00
    (36) 16-34 Failing to cover garbage containers so that they are not visible from Streets   25.00
    (37) 17-1 Selling goods or services on Streets or public property   50.00
    (38) 17-2 Advertising sale of goods or services on Streets or public property   50.00
    (39) 17-3, 17-4 Writing or digging on, obstructing, or throwing trash on, public Streets or Sidewalks   25.00
    (40) 17-31 Obstructing public roads without permission   25.00
    (41) 17-32 Permitting shrubbery to grow near intersections so as to obstruct the view of drivers   25.00
    (42) 19-5 Parking or storing certain vehicles in residential districts   25.00
    (43) 19-6 Parking on lawns in residential districts   25.00
    (44) 20-1 Tampering with public utilities  250.00
    (45) 21-362 Using property in residential districts for unpermitted purposes  250.00
    (46) 21-362(b) Conducting open houses and garage sales in residential districts  100.00

     

    (c)

    For violations of any section of this Code for which a specific penalty is not prescribed in section (b), a penalty shall be imposed which shall not exceed $250.00 per day for a first violation and shall not exceed $500.00 per day for a repeat violation. For the purposes of continuing violations, each day shall constitute a separate violation.

(Ord. No. 346, § 1(10), 3-20-90; Ord. No. 357, § 4, 11-20-90; Ord. No. 369, §§ 1, 2, 12-17-91; Ord. No. 440, § 1, 7-20-99; Ord. No. 517, § 2, 4-13-07; Ord. No. 526, § 3, 4-15-08; Ord. No. 557, § 2, 9-20-11; Ord. No. 568, § 2, 7-2-13; Ord. No. 608, § 2, 7-17-18)