[Amended 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 63-2003; 10-16-2007 by Ord. No. 238-2007]
A. Notice of violation. The Building Official shall serve
a notice of violation or order on the person responsible for the erection,
construction, alteration, extension, repair, use or occupancy of a
building or structure in a violation of the provisions of this Chapter
or the State Code or in violation of a detailed statement or a plan
approved thereunder or in violation of a permit or certificate issued
under the provisions of this Chapter, and such order shall direct
the discontinuance of the illegal action or condition and the abatement
of the violation.
B. Prosecution of violation. If the notice of violation
is not complied with promptly, the Building Official shall request
the Corporation Counsel to institute the appropriate proceeding at
law or in equity to restrain, correct or abate such violation or to
require the removal or termination of the unlawful use of the building
or structure in violation of the provisions of this Chapter or the
State Code or of the order or direction made pursuant thereto.
C. Violation penalties. For any and every violation of
the provisions of this Chapter or the State Code, the owner, general
agent or contractor of the building or premises where such violation
has been committed or shall exist and the lessee or tenant of an entire
building or entire premises where such violation has been committed
or shall exist and the owner, general agent or contractor, lessee
or tenant of any part of a building or premises in which part such
violation has been committed or shall exist and the general agent,
architect, engineer, builder or contractor or any person who commits,
takes part or assists in such violation or who maintains any building
or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be subject
to a fine not more than $2,500 for a first offense and not more than
$5,000 for a second or subsequent offense within three years of a
first or other offense of this Chapter, or to imprisonment for not
more than 15 days, or both, and each and every day the violation continues
after the owner, general agent or contractor of the building or premises
where such violation occurred has been notified thereof shall be deemed
to be a separate and distinct violation.
D. Abatement of violation. The imposition of the penalties
herein prescribed shall not preclude the legal officer of the municipality
from instituting appropriate action to prevent unlawful construction
or to restrain, correct or abate a violation or to prevent illegal
occupancy of a building, structure or premises or to stop an illegal
act, conduct, business or use of a building or structure in or about
any premises.
[Amended 3-18-2003 by Ord. No. 63-2003]
A. Notice to owner. Upon notice from the Building Official
that work on any building or structure is being prosecuted contrary
to the provisions of the State Code, the approved plans or in an unsafe
and dangerous manner, such work shall be immediately stopped. The
stop-work order shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner
of the property involved or to the owner's agent or to the person
doing the work and shall state the conditions under which work may
be resumed.
B. Unlawful continuance. Any person who shall continue
any work in or about the building after having been served with a
stop-work order, except such work as he is directed to perform to
remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be considered in violation
of the State Code.