This ordinance is adopted pursuant to the 1982 Georgia Constitution as amended. A violation of any provision of this ordinance constitutes a misdemeanor, and every day such violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Upon conviction, any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $500.00 and up to 90 days in jail, either, or both, or any part of either for each offense.

It shall be the duty of the Building Inspector and he is hereby given the authority to administer and enforce the provisions of this ordinance. It shall be unlawful to construct, reconstruct, or alter any buildings or other structures without first obtaining a building permit from the Zoning Enforcement Officer or to use such buildings or structures of any land without first obtaining an occupancy permit from the Zoning Enforcement Officer, and the Zoning Enforcement Officer shall not issue any permit unless the zoning requirements of this ordinance are complied with.

182.1.

The filing or recording of a plat of a subdivision without approval of the City Council constitutes a violation of this ordinance, and the description by metes and bounds in the instrument of transferring or other document used in the process of selling or transfer shall not exempt the transaction from such penalties. The City Council, through its attorney or other designated official, may enjoin such transfer or sale or agreement by appropriate action.

182.2.

No plat or plan of a subdivision within the City of Buena Vista shall be filed or recorded by a subdivider in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court of Marion County until it has been submitted to and approved by the Commission and the City Council and such approval entered in writing on the plat by the secretary of the Planning and Zoning Commission and by the Mayor and City Clerk as aforesaid.

In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure of land is or is proposed to be used in violation of this ordinance, the Building Inspector, City Attorney or other appropriate authority of the City of Buena Vista or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specifically damaged by such a violation may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use; or to correct or abate such violation; or to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, or land.