In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used, or any land is divided into lots, blocks, or sites in violation of this chapter or of any ordinance or other regulation made under authority conferred thereby, the proper local authorities of the Town, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate legal action or proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, use or division of land, to restrain, correct or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, or land or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about such premises
Upon the failure or refusal of the proper local officer, board, or body of the Town to institute any such appropriate legal action or proceeding for a period of 10 days after written request by a resident or taxpayer or the Town to so proceed, any three residents or taxpayers of the Town residing in the district wherein such violation exists, who are jointly or severally aggrieved by such violation, may institute such appropriate legal action in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of this chapter.
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A violation of this chapter is hereby declared to be Violation Zoning, punishable as set forth in Chapter 137, Fines and Penalties.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
B. 
Any person who fails to abate any violation of this chapter after written notice has been served either personally or upon the property owner at the address set forth in the last assessment roll of the Town within 10 days after mailing of said written notice has been sent to said person by certified mail shall be subject to a civil penalty of $100 for each and every day that said violation of this chapter continues beyond said period, the same penalties recoverable in a civil action brought by the Town in a court of competent jurisdiction, and any civil penalties recovered by the Town shall be retained by it.
If there is any damage to property or land due to a violation of this chapter, the person, firm, partnership, corporation or other party responsible shall be notified and shall cause such damage to be corrected within 36 hours of notice. If it is not so corrected the Town may cause such correction to be undertaken, and the cost shall be paid to the Town by the party who failed to correct the damage. Such cost shall be a debt owed to the Town, which, if unpaid for more than 30 days after demand for payment, shall be a lien on the real property upon which the damage occurred. Such lien shall be collected by a levy added to the next real property tax levy otherwise payable to the Town.
The remedies provided herein shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to other remedies provided by law.