[CC 1976 App. A §13.01; Ord. No. 2449 §1, 11-14-1988]
Uses of land, and dwellings, buildings or structures, including
tents and mobile homes, erected, altered, razed, or converted contrary
to any provision of this Chapter are hereby declared to be a violation.
Any person, firm or corporation making an alteration to real property
within the City limits of Overland, Missouri, including but not limited
to driveways, fences, additions to homes and businesses, and any building
activity regulated by City ordinance or Code, who fails to obtain
the proper permits prior to commencing construction, shall be in violation
of this Chapter.
[Ord. No. 2008-40 §1, 11-10-2008]
A.
In
case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed,
altered, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land
is used in violation of this Code, the City Attorney of the City of
Overland may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent
such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
conversion, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such
violation, to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or
land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in
or about such premises. Such regulations shall be enforced by an officer
empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be
inspected and examined and to order in writing the remedying of any
condition found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision
of the City Code.
B.
The
owner and general agent of a building or premises where a violation
of any provision of said regulations has been committed or shall exist,
or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where
such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the owner, general
agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in
which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general
agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits,
takes part or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building
or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty
of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten
dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for
each and every day that such violation continues, but if the offense
be willful on conviction thereof, the punishment shall be a fine of
not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than two hundred
fifty dollars ($250.00) for each and every day that such violation
shall continue or by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every
day such violation shall continue or by both such fine and imprisonment
in the discretion of the court.
