§ 38-35. Penalties for noncompliance.

No structure or land shall hereafter be constructed, located, extended, converted, or altered without full compliance with the terms of this article and other applicable regulations. Violations of the provisions of this article by failure to comply with any of its requirements (including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection with conditions) shall constitute a misdemeanor. Any person, firm, or corporation who violates this article or fails to comply with any of its requirements shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $500.00, for each violation, and in addition shall pay all costs and expenses involved in the case. If an act prohibited or rendered unlawful is, in its nature, continuous in respect to time, the fine or penalty for allowing the continuance thereof, in violation of this article, shall not exceed $250.00 for each day that it may be unlawfully continued. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the county from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.

(Code 1993, § 38-77; Ord. No. 03-32, § 15, 7-10-2003)

State law reference

Ordinance violations, A.C.A. §§ 14-14-906, 14-20-101.