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City of Harrington, DE
Kent County
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New Laws (7) Index Notes (1)
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of this chapter or any regulation made pursuant thereto, the City Manager, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, or land or use in or about such property.
The following regulations shall apply in regards to enforcement, violations and penalties:
A. 
It shall be the duty of the City Manager to enforce the provisions of this chapter and to refuse to issue any permit for any building or for the use of any premises which would violate any of the provisions of said chapter. It shall also be the duty of all officers and employees of the City of Harrington to assist the City Manager by reporting to him/her any seeming violation in new construction, reconstruction, or land uses.
B. 
In case any building is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, or converted, or any building or land is used in violation of this chapter, the City Manager is authorized and directed to institute any appropriate action to put an end to such violation.
C. 
Any person or corporation who or which shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or fail to comply therewith, or with any of the requirements thereof, or who or which shall build or alter any building in violation of any detailed statement or plan submitted and approved hereunder shall be guilty of a violation and shall be liable to a fine of as established in Chapter 180, Fees, Municipal, and each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. The owner or owners of any building or premises, or part thereof, where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed or shall exist, and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person or corporation employed in connection therewith and who has assisted in the commission of any such violation, shall be guilty of a separate offense and shall be fined as established in Chapter 180, Fees, Municipal.
D. 
Repeat offenders shall not receive warnings. Each day that any violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. The minimum fine is not subject to suspension.