A.

The failure to perform any duty, apply for any required permit or license, or to conform to the requirements of this Title shall be deemed a violation of this Title and shall subject all persons responsible for that failure to penalties set forth in this Title.

B.

Any building, structure, use of activity which is in violation of the provisions of this Title shall be deemed a violation of this Title and subject the owner and operator to any enforcement actions and penalties set forth in this Chapter.

(Ord. No. 2800, § 1(Exh. A), 10-9-17)

A.

The Director of Public Works or his or her designee shall be the Zoning Enforcement Officer and shall be responsible for the enforcement of this Title. Any action of the Director of Public Works shall be appealable as if it were the denial of a permit.

B.

The Director of Public Works is authorized to require the City Attorney to bring any action for coercive or other relief in the name of the City of Des Peres to abate or prevent violation of any provision of this Title or of any regulation or rule made under the authority of any of the provisions of this Title.

C.

Any resident or owner of property in the City of Des Peres who is affected by the violation of any provision of this Title may bring any action for coercive or other relief to abate or prevent that violation.

D.

The owner, operator, lessee, tenant, and any person in actual or legal possession of any portion of a building or other structure or of any land, and any person who is otherwise responsible for a violation of this Title shall be subject to a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for every day of violation. If the violation is made knowingly, then as to that violator the fine shall be not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or ten (10) days imprisonment or both, for each day of violation. Where a violation continues after notice, if it is had or reasonably should be had by a person who is authorized to discontinue it, then after that notice was or reasonably ought to have been had by that person, the violation will be deemed knowingly made by him.

E.

Any person who has been served with an order to remove or abate the violation stated in the order, and who fails to comply with that order, shall be liable in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00), in addition to any penalties imposed under subsection D.

(Ord. No. 2800, § 1(Exh. A), 10-9-17)

All applications for procedures under Appendix C, the Zoning Code of the City of Des Peres and Chapters 404, 406, 412, and 418 and related components of the Des Peres municipal code (Appendix A, Signs and Appendix B, Subdivision Regulations, Chapter 420 shall be made on forms provided for that purpose by the Department of Public Works and shall be accompanied by payment of the fees established for each procedure. Other fees may be applicable under other provisions of the Des Peres municipal code.

(Ord. No. 2800, § 1(Exh. A), 10-9-17)