Any person or corporation who shall violate
any of the provisions of the Village of Islandia Zoning Chapter or
fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof or
who shall build or alter any building in violation of any detailed
statement or plan submitted and approved under such chapter shall
be guilty of a violation of such chapter, which shall be punishable
by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment for a period not to
exceed 15 days, or both, and each week's continued violation shall
constitute a separate additional violation. The owner or owners of
any building or premises or part thereof or any person in possession
thereof where anything in violation of this chapter shall be placed
or shall exist and any architect, builder, contractor, agent, person
or corporation who may have assisted in the commission or maintenance
of any violations shall each be guilty of a separate offense and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined and/or imprisoned as herein
provided.
The defense of legal nonconforming use, which
may be interposed in a prosecution pursuant to the provisions of the
Village of Islandia Zoning Chapter, is deemed to be an affirmative
defense, and the defendant has the burden of establishing such defense
by a preponderance of the evidence.
