[Amended 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
(A) A violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than five hundred ($500) dollars nor greater than one thousand
($1,000) dollars upon a conviction of a first offense; a conviction
of a second offense, committed within five (5) years of the first
offense, shall be punishable by a fine of not less than one thousand
($1,000) dollars nor greater than two thousand ($2,000) dollars; and
a conviction of a third or subsequent offense, committed within five
(5) years of the first offense, shall be punishable by a fine of not
less than two thousand ($2,000) dollars nor greater than four thousand
($4,000) dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding fifteen (15) days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each week or part thereof the
violation continues shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense
punishable in like manner.
[Amended 9-14-2021 by L.L. No. 50-2021]
(B) Any person or entity found by the Bureau of Administrative Adjudication
to have violated this article shall likewise be subject to a monetary
penalty in an amount within the range of fines authorized in subdivision
A for a first offense, subsequent offenses, and continuing offenses,
respectively.
(C) In addition to the penalties set forth herein or in other applicable
law, rule or regulation, the Town Attorney is authorized to pursue
civil and equitable relief in the name of the Town in a court of competent
jurisdiction, including but not limited to compensatory actions; civil
penalties in the amount of up to five hundred ($500.) dollars per
day, or any part thereof; an action to compel compliance with or to
restrain by injunction the violation of this chapter; and other remedies
which in the opinion of the Town Attorney may seem necessary and proper.