A.   Failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Ordinance constitutes a petty offense, and any person upon conviction of a failure to comply may be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) with each week the violation continues constituting a separate offense. The minimum fine shall be one hundred dollars ($100.00).

   B.   Any person who commits, participates in, assists in, or maintains such violations may be found guilty of a separate offense and subject to the above penalties.

   C.   The County may also take other lawful action as is necessary to prevent or remedy any violation.

(Ord. O-201410-10-035, passed 10-14-2014; Ord. O-201601-ZBA-006, passed 1-19-2016; Ord. O-201603-ZBA-010, passed 3-17-2016, § 21.1; Ord. O-201803-ZBA-10-08, passed 3-19-2018; Ord. O-201808-10-033, passed 8-21-2018)

   A.   In case any structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any structure or land is used in violation of any ordinance, resolution, or other regulation made under authority conferred by State of Illinois statute, the proper authorities of the County, or any person, the value or use of whose property is or may be affected by such violation, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings in the Circuit Court to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of said structure or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises.

   B.   The remedies and enforcement powers established in this Ordinance shall be cumulative, and the County may exercise them in any order. The owner or tenant of any structure, premises or part thereof, and any architect, builder, contractor or agent, or other person who commits, participates in, assists in, or maintains such violations may each be found guilty of a separate offense and be subject to the above penalties.

(Ord. O-201410-10-035, passed 10-14-2014; Ord. O-201601-ZBA-006, passed 1-19-2016; Ord. O-201603-ZBA-010, passed 3-17-2016, § 21.2; Ord. O-201803-ZBA-10-08, passed 3-19-2018; Ord. O-201808-10-033, passed 8-21-2018)

   Nothing in this Ordinance shall prohibit the continuation of previous enforcement actions, undertaken by the County, pursuant to previous and valid ordinances and laws.

(Ord. O-201410-10-035, passed 10-14-2014; Ord. O-201601-ZBA-006, passed 1-19-2016; Ord. O-201603-ZBA-010, passed 3-17-2016, § 21.3; Ord. O-201803-ZBA-10-08, passed 3-19-2018; Ord. O-201808-10-033, passed 8-21-2018)