Hightstown City Zoning Code
ARTICLE 28
30 Violations and Penalties
§ 28-30-1 Violations and penalties; additional remedies.
[1991 Code § 233-66]
A.
Any person, association or corporation violating this chapter or any section or provision thereof or refusing or neglecting to comply with the provisions thereof, including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection with zoning permits or grants of variances, shall be punished, where no other penalty is prescribed, by a fine not in excess of $500 for each offense. In addition thereto, any person or persons, association or corporation violating any of the provisions or parts of this chapter shall be and is hereby declared to be a disorderly person, shall be prosecuted as such and shall pay all costs and expenses incurred by the Borough in prosecuting such violation. Each day such violation or failure to comply continues shall constitute a separate violation. The owner, general agent or contractor of a building or premises where a violation has been committed or shall exist and the owner, general agent or contractor, lessee or tenant of any part of a building or premises in which a violation has been committed or shall exist and the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in a violation may be found guilty of a separate offense and suffer the penalties herein provided.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. 1-8)]
B.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Borough from taking such other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation or threat of violation of any provision of this chapter.
§ 28-30-2 Correction of violation.
[1991 Code § 233-67; Ord. No. 2000-29]
Any building constructed or located in violation of the restrictions and regulations then in effect for the district in which the building is located or in violation of any of the other pertinent terms and provisions of this chapter shall be changed, altered, corrected or relocated by the person who constructed or located the building and by the owner of the land on which the building is situated so that the building and the premises of which it is a part shall conform to the restrictions and regulations established for the district. The change, alteration, correction or relocation of such building shall be initiated within 10 days after the Zoning Officer has served upon the person who constructed or located such building or the owner of the land on which the building is situated, or on both, an order, in writing, directing that such change, alteration, correction or relocation of the building be initiated within 10 days and thereafter faithfully pursued to completion within a reasonable time. The Zoning Officer may serve the notice by delivering the same or a duplicate to the person to whom the order is directed or by forwarding the same or a duplicate by certified mail to the last known post office address of the person and by posting a duplicate of the order on the building or premises.