Noncompliance fees

Violations of the provisions of this article shall be cited by the city and the violator shall be given 30 days after receipt of the citation within which to correct the violation. If the violation continues beyond the time specified for correction, the violator shall be notified to appear before the code enforcement board. If the violator is found to have violated this article, the code enforcement board may impose a fine not to exceed $250.00 per day per violation for a first occurrence. The code enforcement board may impose a fine not to exceed $500.00 per day, per violation for each repeated violation. Such fines shall continue to accrue so long as the violation continues to exist on the property as per the provisions of sections 2-811 through 2-820 of this Code, but shall not exceed a total of $5,000.00.

(Ord. No. 10817, § 4, 12-6-90; Code 1980, § 12.1-4)

State Law reference— Enforcement, F.S. § 812.715.