§ 1.16.110. Civil actions.

A.

Injunctive relief and abatement. Whenever, in the judgment of the enforcement officer, any person is engaged in or about to engage in any act or practice which constitutes or will constitute a violation of any provision of a land use ordinance or any rule, regulation, order, permit or conditions of approval, the county counsel or district attorney may commence judicial proceedings for the abatement, removal, correction and enjoinment thereof, and requiring the violator to pay civil penalties as set forth herein below as part of the abatement costs.

b.

Civil remedies and penalties. Any person, whether acting as principal, agent, employee, owner, lessor, lessee, tenant, occupant, operator, contractor or otherwise, who willfully violates the provisions of any land use ordinance or any rule, regulation, order or conditions of approval issued thereunder by committing, causing, allowing, maintaining, continuing or otherwise permitting a violation of any land use ordinance shall be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each day or portion thereof, that the violation continues to exist.

(Ord. No. 725.14, § 11, 3-15-2011)