§ 18-52. Penalties; referrals within Collier County Government.

(a)

General penalties; continuing violations. In this article the phase "violation of this article" means any of the following:

(1)

Doing an act that is prohibited or made or declared unlawful, or an offense, or a misdemeanor by ordinance, or by rule or regulation authorized by any Collier County Ordinance.

(2)

Failure to perform an act that is required to be performed by any Collier County Ordinance, or by rule or regulation authorized by any Collier County Ordinance.

(3)

Failure to perform any act if the failure is declared a misdemeanor or an offense, or otherwise unlawful or a violation by any Collier County Ordinance, or by any rule or regulation authorized by Collier County Ordinance.

(b)

In this article, the phrase "violation of this article" does not include the failure of a Collier County officer or a Collier County employee, or any officer or any employee of the Collier County Airport Authority, to perform a duty or responsibility.

(c)

Except as may otherwise be specifically provided with regard to the specific rule or regulation, an individual or entity convicted of a violation of any such rule or regulation, or of an independent violation of this article, may be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00, and if the violator is an individual, by imprisonment in the County jail for a term not to exceed 60 days, or, if the violator is an individual, by both such fine and imprisonment. With respect to any violation of this article that is continuous with respect to time, each day the violation continues may be held by the respective forum (trier of fact) to be a separate offense or separate violation.

(d)

Imposition of a felony penalty, or any misdemeanor penalty, or any civil penalty, does not prevent or affect possible revocation or suspension of a license, permit, contract or franchise, or affect imposition of any other civil penalties, or affect imposition of any other administrative fines, action(s) or penalties by any enforcement forum whatsoever.

(e)

Violations of any such rule or regulation, and/or any independent violation(s) of this article, may be abated by injunctive or other equitable relief, and no bond shall be required from the County or from the Authority; nor is proof of intent or scienter required by this article. No imposition of any fine or any other penalty shall prevent any equitable relief whatsoever.

(f)

Every alleged violation(s) of any of such rule or regulation may be referred by the Airport Authority, and/or by the Airport Authority's Executive Director, for investigation and enforcement by any Collier County Code Enforcement Board, or with respect to any vehicle for hire, to the Collier County Public Vehicle Advisory Committee. All penalties then available to the referred board, committee, or department may be applied to each respective violators).

(Ord. No. 04-03, § 17)