[Amended 8-12-2016 by L.L. No. 36-2016; 11-6-2019 by L.L. No. 56-2019]
(A) Any person found guilty of an offense against any provision of this
article shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred ($100.)
dollars and not more than one thousand ($1,000.) dollars for a conviction
of a first offense; upon the conviction of a second offense committed
within five (5) years of the first offense, a fine of not less than
five hundred ($500.) dollars and not more than two thousand five hundred
($2,500.) dollars; and upon conviction of a third or subsequent offense
committed within five (5) years of the first offense, a fine of not
less than seven hundred fifty ($750.) dollars and not more than five
thousand ($5,000) dollars. Any person 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
herein for a first offense and subsequent offenses, respectively.
[Amended 9-14-2021 by L.L. No. 50-2021]
(B) In addition to the criminal and civil 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 part thereof; an action to compel
compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of this
article; and other remedies which in the opinion of the Town Attorney
may seem necessary and proper. Any civil monetary penalty awarded
may be added to the tax bill of the property where the violation has
occurred and shall be collected in the same manner.