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Lake Wales (Current through Ordinance 2023-17, Adopted 7-05-2023) |
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Code of Ordinances |
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Chapter 12. Health, Sanitation, Nuisances, And Minimum Property Maintenance Standards |
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Article III. Code Enforcement |
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Division 3. Supplemental Enforcement Procedures |
§ 12-225. Penalties.
(a) A violation of a code or ordinance enforced by procedures established in this division is a civil infraction with a maximum civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) per violation.
(b) Fines, penalties and administrative costs to be assessed for uncontested citations shall be established by a uniform fine schedule adopted by resolution of the city commission, said resolution being incorporated herein by reference.
(c) If a citation is issued for a repeat violation and the citation is uncontested, the following shall apply:
(1) Any person who commits a second violation of a code or ordinance shall be assessed a fine as set forth in the next class higher than that of the ordinance violated as specified in the uniform fine schedule, or, if there is not a higher class, an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) provided that such fine does not exceed the maximum civil penalty.
(2) Any person who commits a third violation of a code or ordinance shall be assessed a fine as set forth in the class two (2) higher than that of the ordinance violated as specified in the uniform fine schedule, or, if there is not a higher class, an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) provided that such fine does not exceed the maximum civil penalty.
(3) Each further repeat violation shall be assessed an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) above the amount of fine assessed for the previous violation provided that such fine does not exceed the maximum civil penalty.
(d) Fines, penalties and administrative costs for contested citations shall be set as the court may deem appropriate but shall not exceed the maximum civil penalty.
(e) Any person who willfully refuses to sign and accept a violation issued by a code enforcement officer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree which is punishable by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by a definite term of imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty (60) days or by both fine and imprisonment.
(Ord. No. 95-13, § 1, 4-18-95)