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Belleville City Zoning Code

§ 23-26.3

Notice of Violation of Ordinance.

[Ord. No. 3192]
a. 
The property owner or tenant, as outlined above, shall accomplish such removal or compliance, as the case may be, within 10 days after notice to remove or comply within such extended time period as may be granted by the investigating Township Official. Such extended time period shall be granted based on the substantive and exigent circumstances present in each case. However, in no case shall the extended time period exceed 30 calendar days beyond the date of the initial notice. In addition, no such extension shall be granted except upon the written request of the affected property owner or tenant stating, with specificity, the reasons why such an extension is sought, the remedial steps proposed by the property owner or tenant to eliminate the conditions identified in the notice and date certain by which such remediation shall take place.
b. 
In the even such removal or compliance, as outlined above, is not accomplished by the property owner or tenant to the satisfaction of the investigating Township Zoning Official within 10 days of notice or any extended time period granted, that Township Zoning Official, in his discretion, shall issue a summons to such property owner or tenant returnable before the Township Municipal Court for a violation of this Ordinance. The Township Municipal Prosecutor and the investigating Township Official shall prosecute the matter.
c. 
Penalties. Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall, upon conviction thereof in the Municipal Court, be punished by a fine not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days for a first offense and not more than 90 days for a second offense, or both, or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days. A separate offense deemed committed for each day during or in which a violation occurs or continues.