FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 08-016 - Laserfiche WebLink

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150.290 ENFORCEMENT (A) Enforcement (1) The City shall be responsible for enforcing this ordinance. (B) Penalties (1) Any person, firm or corporation failing to comply with or violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each day during which any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued or permitted, shall constitute a separate offense. All land use and building permits shall be suspended until the applicant has corrected any and all violations. (C) Enforcement by Stop Work Order (1) Whenever a City inspector finds any violation of this ordinance, the inspector will fill out an inspection form noting the observed violations and a Stop Work Order will be issued. (2) The Stop Work Order shall be in writing and shall be given to the applicant or the applicant's agent. (3) Upon issuance of the Stop Work Order, the cited work shall immediately cease. The Stop Work Order shall state the reason for the order. (4) The applicant must immediately begin corrective actions to remedy the violations. Once the violations have been corrected the applicant must contact the City to schedule a re -inspection. (5) The applicant may commence further activity at the site after a re -inspection is provided by the City and the City determines that the site is in compliance, and all fees associated with the violation are paid in full. (6) If the applicant fails to correct the violations in a timely manner, the City may correct the cited violations and draw down the escrow to cover the costs. (D) Enforcement Actions to Ensure Compliance (1) The City can take the additional following actions in the event of a failure by applicant to meet the terms of this ordinance: i) Withhold inspections or issuance of certificates or approvals. ii) Revoke any permit issued by the City to the applicant. iii) Conduct remedial or corrective action on the development site or adjacent site affected by the failure. iv) Recover from applicant all costs associated with correcting the failure or remediating damage from the failure, by drawing down any escrow funds. If the costs exceed the escrow funds the City may invoice the applicant with payment due immediately. All payments by applicant must be made prior to resuming work on the site. v) Bring other actions against the applicant to recover costs of remediation or meeting the terms of this ordinance.