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Delmar City Zoning Code

ARTICLE XXXV

Severability; Remedies; Enforcement

§ 10-212 Severability.

In case it shall be judicially determined that any word, phrase, clause, item, sentence, paragraph or section or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is invalid, the remaining provision and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby, and the Town Council of Delmar, Delaware, and the Commissioners of Delmar, Maryland, hereby declares that they would have ordained the remaining provisions of this chapter without the word, phrase, clause, item, sentence, paragraph or section, or the application thereof, so held invalid.

§ 10-213 Remedies.

In case any building or structure is constructed, extended, altered, repaired, changed, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this chapter, the Town Council or Town Commissioners, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful construction, extensions, alteration, repair, change, conversion, maintenance or use to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said building, structure, or land, or to prevent any act, conduct, business or use in violation of this chapter, in or about such premises.

§ 10-214 Violations and penalties.

Any violations of this chapter are hereby declared to be municipal violations (infractions) and the penalty for such violations shall be $100 for each initial offense and $100 for each subsequent offense and each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. Refer to Chapter 345, Penalties and Enforcement, Article II (DE), and Chapter 51, Penalties and Enforcement, Article I (MD).