General.
Any violation of these Regulations or any violation of any terms or conditions of any action imposed by the Planning Board or of any other agency or officer charged in these Regulations with enforcement of any of the provisions shall be subject to the provisions of this Article.
Violation of these Regulations includes any action related to the transfer or sale of land in unapproved subdivisions. Any owner, or agent of the owner, who transfers, sells or negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of, or by other use, a plat of the subdivision before the plat has been approved by the Planning Board and recorded in the municipal land evidence records, shall be in violation of these Regulations and subject to the penalties described herein.
The Town may also cause suit to be brought in the supreme or superior court, or any municipal court, including a municipal housing court having jurisdiction, in the name of the Town, to restrain the violation of, or to compel compliance with, the provisions of this zoning ordinance. The Town may consolidate an action for injunctive relief and/or fines under these Regulations in the superior court.
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It shall be the duty of the Town Solicitor, on authorization by the Town Council wherever a violation or a contemplated violation of these Regulations is brought to its attention, to institute due legal proceedings to compel compliance with said Regulations and to restrain the erection, alteration or use of any building, structure or other thing erected or used in violation of the provisions of these Regulations.
Any person, firm or corporation employed by an applicant or developer, who shall violate or assist in the violation or fail to comply with the requirements of any provision of these Regulations, or for a violation of any terms or conditions of any action imposed by the Planning Board or of any other agency or officer charged in these Regulations with enforcement of any of its provisions, upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense and each day of the existence of any such violation shall be deemed a separate offense, all such fines shall inure to the benefit of the Town.
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Any member of the Portsmouth Planning Board, the Technical Review Committee, if any, the Administrative Officer, Town Planner, the Building Inspector, or Town Solicitor shall have the right to investigate any subdivision, its layout, construction and adherence to these rules and regulations in order to determine compliance with said rules and regulations.
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Enforcement of these Regulations shall be under the direction of the Administrative Officer. The officer shall be responsible for coordinating the enforcement efforts of the zoning enforcement officer, the building inspector, Town Planner, the Department of Public Works and other Town officials responsible for the enforcement or carrying out of individual elements of these Regulations.
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Furthermore, it shall be the duty of the Administrative Officer wherever a violation or a contemplated violation of these Regulations is brought to his attention to notify the Planning Board, Town Administrator and the Town Council, and the Town Council shall cause to be instituted due legal proceedings to compel compliance with the provisions of these Regulations, and to restrain the erection, alteration or use of any building, structure or other thing erected, altered or used in violation of the provisions of these Regulations.