Any site for which an application has been submitted shall be subject to inspection at any reasonable time, including weekends and holidays, by the members of the approving authority or its designated representatives. Notice will be provided to applicants of any site inspection that it is to be performed on a weekend, legal holiday or between the hours of 6:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. The applicant shall indemnify and hold the Village, its officers, employees and agents harmless against any damage or injury which may be caused by or arise out of entry into the subject site in connection with the processing of the application or inspection of the site to determine compliance with any conditions of permit approval during the pendency of the application, during the effective period of any site development plan or work permit issued for the site for up to one year after the completion of the work.
A. 
Any person who undertakes any regulated activity within a steep slope area without both a site development plan permit and a work permit or who violates, disobeys or disregards any provision of this chapter shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $3,000 for each such violation. Each consecutive day of the violation shall be considered a separate offense. Before assessment of the civil penalty, the alleged violator shall be afforded a hearing or opportunity to be heard before the Planning Board upon due notice, and with rights to specification of the charges and representation by counsel. Such civil penalty may be recovered in an action brought by the Village in any court of competent jurisdiction. Such civil penalty may be released or compromised by the Village, and any action commenced to recover the same may be settled and discontinued by the Village.
B. 
The Planning Board shall also have the power, following a hearing, to issue orders directing the cessation of any violation of this chapter and the satisfactory restoration, under the Board's supervision, of the affected steep slope area to its condition prior to the violation, insofar as possible, within a reasonable period of time as determined by the Planning Board. The exercising of such power may be with or without the imposition of a civil penalty under Subsection A hereof.
C. 
Any civil penalty or order issued by the approving authority shall be reviewable pursuant to Article 78 of the Civil Practice Law and Rules. Application for review of the determination of the approving authority shall be within a period of 30 days of the filing of said determination in the office of the Village Clerk.
D. 
In addition to the above civil penalty, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a violation, punishable by a fine not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 or a term of imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both. Each offense shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing offense, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense. Notwithstanding the imposition of any other sanction, any court having competent jurisdiction may order the restoration of any area that has been affixed by a violation of this chapter, on such conditions as the court deems appropriate.
E. 
The Village shall have the right to seek equitable relief to restrain any violation or threatened violation of any provision of this chapter and to compel the restoration of the affected steep slope area to its condition prior to the violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Any construction or operations existing within areas defined as steep slopes prior to the effective date of this chapter shall be exempt from this chapter, provided that no new construction or operation will be permitted after the effective date for this chapter except by permit as provided.
If any provision of this chapter is held for any reason to be invalid, such determination shall not invalidate any other provision thereof. If this chapter, or any provision thereof, is held to be violative of vested rights in any subdivision approved prior to the effective date of this chapter, this chapter shall not be applicable to such subdivision but shall nevertheless be applicable to all other properties not so affected.