It shall be the duty of the building permits director, code compliance and enforcement director, and/or planning director, when applicable, to enforce this chapter. It shall also be the duty of all officers and employees of the parish, and especially all members of the law enforcement and licensing agencies, to assist the directors by reporting upon new construction, reconstruction, or land uses, or upon seeming violation. Appeal from the decision of the building permits director, code compliance and enforcement director, and/or planning director, as to the application of these regulations may be made to the board of zoning adjustments as provided for in article XLII, board of zoning adjustments, hereof.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XXVII(1)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 21734, § 25, 12-11-02; Ord. No. 26625, § 89, 6-14-23)

Any firm, person or corporation who shall do anything prohibited by this chapter as it exists or may hereafter be amended or who shall fail to do anything as required by this chapter as it exists or may hereafter be amended is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided by law. Each and every day that such violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense. The law enforcement agency of the parish shall furnish, upon request by the code compliance and enforcement director, the necessary police personnel to carry out these orders.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XXVII(2)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 26625, § 90, 6-14-23)

The owners, agent or person in charge of building or premises where a violation of any provisions of this chapter has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises where such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the owner, agency, person in charge, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who takes part in, commits, or who assists in any such violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable either by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) or more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or not more than thirty (30) days jail sentence, or both, for each and every day such a violation continues; each continuous day of violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XXVII(3)), 9-22-99)

In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, structurally altered, or maintained, or any building, structure, or land is used in violation of any provision of this chapter, any proper officer of Jefferson Parish or their duly authorized representatives or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be especially damaged by such violation may, in addition to other remedies, institute injunctive or other appropriate action or proceedings 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 such building structure or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in and about such premises. Where a violation of this chapter exists the building permits director and/or the code compliance and enforcement director, when applicable, may, in addition to other remedies, notify all public utilities and parish service agencies that such violation exists and request that service be withheld therefrom until such time as the violation ceases to exist.

(Ord. No. 20783, § 3(XXVII(4)), 9-22-99; Ord. No. 26625, § 91, 6-14-23)