If, before final subdivision approval has been granted, any person transfers or sells or agrees to transfer or sell, except pursuant to an agreement expressly conditioned on final subdivision approval, as owner or agent, any land which forms a part of a subdivision for which approval is required by this chapter, such person shall be subject to a penalty not to exceed $1,000 and each lot disposition so made may be deemed a separate violation.
In addition to the foregoing, the municipality may institute and maintain a civil action:
A. 
For injunctive relief; and
B. 
To set aside and invalidate any conveyance made pursuant to such a contract of sale if a certificate of compliance has not been issued in accordance with Section 44 of Chapter 291, Laws of 1975.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:55D-56.
[Added 12-5-1977 by Ord. No. 77-24]
A. 
Violations and penalties. For any and every violation of the provisions of this chapter, the owner, contractor or other persons interested, as lessee, tenant, architect, agent, servant, employee, officer or otherwise, in any building or premises where said violation has been committed or shall exist, shall, for each and every violation, be punishable as provided in § 1-1 of Chapter 1, General Provisions. The court before whom conviction is had shall fix the amount of said penalty not in excess of the maximum herein provided. Each and every day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate and specific violation of this chapter.
[Amended 6-3-1985 by Ord. No. 85-5]
B. 
Civil remedies. In addition to the foregoing, the municipality may institute and maintain a civil action to prevent the unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use of any building, structure or land in violation of this chapter, or to restrain, correct or abate such violation, or to prevent the occupying of such building, structure or land or to prevent any act, conduct, business or use in violation of this chapter.