The acts or omissions enumerated below shall constitute violations of this chapter and shall be punishable as set forth herein.
A. 
What constitutes violation. Any person, firm, corporation or other entity shall have committed a violation of this chapter if said person, firm, corporation or other entity violates any one or more of the following:
(1) 
Any provision of this chapter which imposes a restriction, limitation or condition on the use or ownership of real property, or which imposes a duty, liability, restriction or requirement on the owner of said property.
(2) 
Any provision of a conservation easement granted to or accepted by the Town pursuant to this chapter.
(3) 
Any provision of a local agency approval made pursuant to this chapter.
B. 
Penalties. Any person, firm, corporation or other entity that commits a violation of this chapter shall be punishable in the following manner:
[Amended 9-5-2003 by L.L. No. 26-2003]
(1) 
For a conviction of a first offense, the violator shall be guilty of a violation pursuant to the Penal Law, the imposition of a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or a term of imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both.
(2) 
For the conviction of each subsequent offense, the violator shall be guilty of a misdemeanor pursuant to the Penal Law, punishable of a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 or a term of imprisonment not more than six months, or both.
(3) 
In lieu of or in addition to these punishments, any offender may be punished by being ordered to restore the affected property to its condition prior to the offense, insofar as that is possible. Any such order shall specify a reasonable time for the completion of such restoration, which shall be effected under the supervision of the approving authority.
C. 
Continuing violation. After the date on which the Building Inspector, Ordinance Enforcement Officer, or other responsible Town official shall have provided notice of a violation or a stop work order to the offender, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense.
[Amended 8-6-1999 by L.L. No. 21-1999; 9-5-2003 by L.L. No. 26-2003]
In order to enforce the provisions of this chapter, and in addition to seeking the penalties prescribed in § 193-6-10 hereof and any penalties prescribed for violation of the terms or provisions of a conservation easement in Chapter 16, Conservation Easements, or Chapter 225, Taxation, of this Code, the Planning Board of the Town of East Hampton and the Town Board of the Town of East Hampton shall have the following powers:
A. 
Compel compliance with chapter. Either or both of the above-mentioned boards may institute and maintain an action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction, on their behalf or on behalf of the town, to compel compliance by any person, firm, corporation or other entity with any provision of this chapter, with any provision of a conservation easement granted to or accepted by the Town pursuant to this chapter or with any provision of a local agency approval made pursuant to this chapter.
B. 
Enjoin violation of chapter. Either or both of the above-mentioned boards may institute and maintain an action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction, on their behalf or on behalf of the town, to restrain by injunction the violation of any provision of this chapter, any provision of a conservation easement granted to or accepted by the Town pursuant to this chapter or any provision of a local agency approval made pursuant to this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter are intended to be severable. Should any provision of this chapter be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid on its face or in its application to any person or circumstance, the judgment shall be confined in its effect to the provision of this chapter so adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid or to the application of that provision to the person or circumstance involved in the controversy at issue. Said judgment shall not impair or affect the validity or application of any other provision of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application of the chapter.