§ 54-194. Penalties.

If any person fails or refuses to obey or comply with or violates any of the provisions of this Ordinance, such person upon an order by the Code Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate may be fined as authorized by the Ordinances establishing the Enforcement Board and Special Magistrate. Each violation or noncompliance shall be considered a separate and distinct offense. Further, each day of continued violation or noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent or restrict the County from taking such other lawful action in any court of competent jurisdiction as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation or noncompliance. Any person convicted of such offense, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred ($500.00) dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed sixty (60) days in the County jail, or both, in the discretion of the Court.

Further, nothing is this Section shall be construed to prohibit the County from prosecuting any violation of this Ordinance by means of a Code Enforcement Board, or Special Magistrate proceeding, established pursuant to the authority of Chapter 162, Florida Statutes.

All remedies and penalties provided for in this Section shall be cumulative and independently available to the County and the County shall be authorized to pursue any and all remedies set forth in this Section to the full extent allowed by law.

(Ord. No. 2005-44, § 20; Ord. No. 09-08, § 20)