§ 24A-3. Amount of fine—General.

Any person who violates any provision of chapters 6 (article III), 7, 10, 11, 14 (excluding the "potential for significant environmental damage" clause of section 14-8(c)(8)), 14C, 15, 16, 17, 18 (article I), 18C (articles I, II and III), 23 (article III), 25, 26, 29 (articles I, III and IV), 34A, 34B, 34C, 35, 37 or 44 of this Code, or any person who owns property upon which a violation exists, irrespective of whether that person caused the violation, shall be subject to an administrative fine up to the maximum amounts as set forth below.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a violation of local building and safety codes determined to be an infraction is punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation.

(Ord. No. 4296, § 1; Ord. No. 4454 § 3; Ord. No. 4493; Ord. No. 4654, § 5; Ord. No. 4783, § 1, 4-5-2011; Ord. No. 4792, § 1, 7-5-2011; Ord. No. 4862, § 1, 7-2-2013; Ord. No. 4909, § 3, 1-6-2015; Ord. No. 5032, § 1, 2-13-2018; Ord. No. 5074, 2-5-2019)