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Article 16 — Building and Property Maintenance Regulations, Chapter 16-13 — VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES

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§ 16-13-1

Violations

Any person who shall violate any of the provision of this Article or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made there under, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved there under, or any certificate or permit issued there under, and from which no appeal has been taken, or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city or by a court of competent jurisdiction, within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished as provided in Section 1-1-7 of the City of Gainesville Code of Ordinances. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each 10 days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.

§ 16-13-2

Notices

(a)Whenever the building inspection department is satisfied that systems, appliances or equipment, or any work in connection therewith that is covered by this Chapter, is being erected, installed, altered or repaired, in violation of the provisions or requirements of this Chapter, or in violation of plans or specifications submitted and approved there under, or a permit issued there under, it shall serve a written notice or order upon the person responsible therefore directing discontinuance of such illegal action and the remedying of the condition that is in violation of the provisions or requirements of this article.

(b)In case such notice or order is not promptly complied with, the building inspection department shall notify the city manager that shall take appropriate action to correct or remove such violation.

§ 16-13-3

Stopping Work

Whenever work is in progress which is, in the opinion of the Building Official, by reason of defective or illegal work in violation of a provision or requirement of this Chapter, the Building Official shall order, in writing, all further work to be stopped and may require suspension of all work until the condition in violation has been corrected.

§ 16-13-4

Abatement

The imposition of the penalties prescribed in this Chapter shall not preclude the city from instituting an appropriate action or proceeding to prevent the unlawful erection, installation, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use, or to restrain, correct or abate a violation, or to prevent the use of any systems, appliances or equipment covered by this Chapter, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business or use in or about any premises.

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