City of Hyattsville, MD Chapter 120 Zoning

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Hyattsville 7-6-1981 by HB No. 10-81. Amendments noted where applicable.]

§ 120-1 Adoption of standards by reference; enforcement; noncompliance.

A. Subtitle 27, Zoning, of the Prince George's County Code, 1979 Edition, as they may from time to time be amended, are hereby adopted by the City, and all of the powers, rights and requirements of compliance contained therein, to the extent that they are exercisable by a municipal corporation, may be exercised by the City.

B. The Code Enforcement Officer, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and Council, shall have the duty of enforcing the aforesaid code provisions. Inspections shall be programmed on a ward-by-ward basis but shall also include the investigation of individual complaints of alleged violations from private sources.

C. Upon verification of a violation, the Code Enforcement Officer shall serve a notice and order upon the owner, general agent or lessee of the involved structure or land, directing that the violation shall cease. In the event that notice cannot be served, it shall be posted upon the structure or land involved. If at the expiration of the time specified in such notice and order, not to exceed 30 days, the violation has not been remedied, the party notified shall be subject to the penalties set forth in § 120-2 of this chapter.

§ 120-2 Violations and penalties.

[Added 7-6-1981 by HB No. 11-81; amended 6-1-1998 by HR No. 98-03; 7-16-2001 by HB No. 01-03; 12-3-2007 by HO-2007-14]

A. The owner and/or lessee of any structure or land where anything in violation of this chapter is constructed, placed or exists or is maintained shall, upon the expiration of the notice period, be guilty of a municipal infraction as provided in Chapter 20 of this Code. The fine for each violation shall be $100 per day for each day that such violation continues and $200 per day for each day that such violation continues in excess of 30 days.

B. In addition to the penalties prescribed above, the City shall have the right to institute injunction, mandamus or any other appropriate civil action or proceeding to prevent violations of this chapter.