Chapter 18.08
ENFORCEMENT
Sections:
18.08.050 Remedies cumulative.
18.08.010 Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to establish the authority and process for enforcement of the requirements of this title and any conditions of approval for the planning permits and entitlements identified in this title for purposes of protecting the public health, safety, and welfare of the city of Patterson. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.08.020 Enforcement.
All departments, officials, and public employees of the city vested with the duty of authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this title, and shall issue no permit or license for uses, buildings, or purposes in conflict with the provisions of this title, and any such permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this title shall be null and void. It shall be the duty of the building official of the city to enforce the provisions of this title pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, alteration, or addition to any building or structure. It shall be the duty of the planning director to enforce all other provisions of this title. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.08.030 Penalties.
Any person, firm, or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of this title is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one hundred fifty days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm, or corporation is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this title is committed or continued by such person, firm, or corporation, and shall be punishable as herein provided. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.08.040 Legal procedure.
Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title, and any use of any land, building, or premises established, conducted, operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title, is unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney shall, upon order of the city council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoyment thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such building or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person, firm, or corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building or parcel contrary to the provisions of this title. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).
18.08.050 Remedies cumulative.
The remedies provided for in this title shall be cumulative and not exclusive. (Ord. 738 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2013).