In addition to any criminal or other penalty imposed by this
Code or any other local law, ordinance or regulation, a person who
shall violate any provision of this Code shall be subject to a civil
penalty for each such violation not exceeding $250 for the first offense
and $500 for each subsequent offense. Each day during which a person
shall fail to comply with any provision shall constitute a separate
offense. A civil penalty shall be enforceable and collectible in the
name of the Town. In any such proceeding to collect a civil penalty,
the Town shall be entitled to collect interest, costs and disbursements
incurred in connection with such proceeding and in addition reasonable
counsel fees or a charge to reimburse the Town for expenditures for
attorneys employed or appointed by the Town. The Town, in its discretion,
may seek a civil penalty or both a civil penalty and any applicable
criminal penalty for any violation of this Code.
If any provision of this Code shall require a person to perform
an act or to refrain from performing any act which is in violation
of any provision of this Code or of a lawful order of any board or
agency of the Town, then and in that event the Town may seek injunctive
relief to compel such compliance.
Upon the adoption or amendment of a chapter of this Code and in the absence of any provision defining a specific penalty for violation of a provision of such chapter, the provisions of this section shall be deemed to apply to any such violation. A fine or penalty imposed pursuant to any other chapter of this Code shall be deemed to supersede, in whole or in part, the fine or penalty imposed pursuant to this Article
II. The Town Board may determine that a violation shall constitute a crime rather than a violation or infraction and shall so designate the degree of such crime in the specific chapter of this Code.