§ 1-6-3. Violation and penalties.

(a)

Any owner of a mobile home who shall willfully violate or willfully fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or any person who shall counsel or willfully aid or abet any violation or failure to comply or who willfully destroys or obliterates evidence of registration shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)

Any owner of a mobile home who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions in this chapter or any person who shall counsel, aid, or abet any violation or failure to comply shall also be subject to a civil penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each citation received for failure to register. A citation may be issued to the owner for each violation of this chapter as provided in this section, except that the first citation to any owner in a period of registration upon initial discovery of such owner's failure to comply with this chapter shall not be issued until after the elapse of ten (10) days following the issuance of a notice of violation to such owner. Penalty shall be due and owing upon receipt of a citation. All citations and notices provided for in this section shall be issued by an official of the office of the tax supervisor after inspection and discovery of a violation of this chapter. A notice or citation shall be deemed issued by the placing of the notice or citation in the mailing system or by the posting or affixing of the notice or citation upon the door or usual entrance to the mobile home which is in violation. The notice or citation shall be deemed received the day following the issuance thereof. The penalty may be recovered by the county in a civil action in the nature of debt if the offender does not pay the penalty within a period of thirty (30) days after such offender has been cited for violation of this chapter as provided in this section.

(c)

This chapter may be enforced by an appropriate equitable remedy issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction upon application therefore by the county.

(d)

This chapter may be enforced by any one (1) or more of the remedies authorized by this section.

(e)

Each day of continuing violation of or failure to comply with this chapter by any owner of a mobile home shall be a separate and distinct violation or failure to comply which is subject to any one (1) or more of the remedies authorized by this section.

(Ord. No. 26, § 4.2, 1-1-76)

Cross reference

General penalty; continuing violations, § 1-1-11.