§ 3116.26. Civil penalty.  


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  • In any civil action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter, the city attorney may request that the court impose the following civil penalties.

    Whoever makes site improvements or constructs, reconstructs or alters any structure or architectural feature now or hereafter in a district or listed property in violation of this chapter shall pay a civil penalty of not less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).

    Whoever demolishes a substantial part or all of any structure now or hereafter in a district or listed property in violation of this chapter shall pay a civil penalty of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) nor more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).

    Notwithstanding the civil penalty provision of this section, whoever causes, by willful action or willful neglect, any alteration of or demolition of any structure now or hereafter in a district or listed property in violation of this chapter shall be required to restore or reconstruct same in accordance with the pertinent architectural characteristics, guidelines and standards.

(Ord. 1352-93.)