§ 26-109. Violations.  


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  • Sec. 26-109.4. Violation penalties. Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association, organization or governmental agency who shall violate any provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any requirements thereof shall be deemed guilty of an ordinance violation, punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 180 days or both such fine and imprisonment. Each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of the provisions of this code is committed, continued or permitted shall be deemed a separate offense.

    Sec. 26-109.4.2. Appropriate action. The imposition of penalties herein prescribed shall not preclude the city attorney from instituting appropriate action, including equitable and extraordinary remedies, to prevent any unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, to correct or abate a violation or prevent the occupancy of a building or portion thereof, or of the premises, or to prevent an illegal act, conduct of business of illegal use in or about the premises.

    Sec. 26-109.5. Parking Enforcement.

    (a)

    No driver of a vehicle shall stop, stand, park, or cause to be placed or leave such vehicle in any marked fire lane except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the direction of a police officer or traffic control signal.

    (b)

    Violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of $50.00. The offending vehicle may be towed, at the owner's expense, if such vehicle is not moved within a reasonable time or is a serious obstruction to the fire lane.

    Sec. 26-111.4. Failure to comply. Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not more than $ 1,000.00 or by imprisonment of not more than 180 days or both such fine and imprisonment.

    Sec. 202. General definitions.

    (Ord. No. 150169 , § 1, 4-9-15)

    The following terms or words are added to section 202:

    Priority Inspection. A time sensitive inspection request made by the owner, tenant or occupant to cause an inspection out of routine inspection sequence of one year.

    Sky Lantern. An unmanned or uncontrolled device with a combustible fuel source that incorporates an open flame to heat the air inside the device with the intention of causing the device to lift into the atmosphere.