Overland City Zoning Code
ARTICLE XIII
Violations and Penalties
Section 400.780 Violations.
[CC 1976 App. A §13.01; Ord. No. 2449 §1, 11-14-1988]
Uses of land, and dwellings, buildings or structures, including tents and mobile homes, erected, altered, razed, or converted contrary to any provision of this Chapter are hereby declared to be a violation. Any person, firm or corporation making an alteration to real property within the City limits of Overland, Missouri, including but not limited to driveways, fences, additions to homes and businesses, and any building activity regulated by City ordinance or Code, who fails to obtain the proper permits prior to commencing construction, shall be in violation of this Chapter.
Section 400.785 Enforcement and Penalties.
[Ord. No. 2008-40 §1, 11-10-2008]
A.
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this Code, the City Attorney of the City of Overland may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance or use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises. Such regulations shall be enforced by an officer empowered to cause any building, structure, place or premises to be inspected and examined and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist therein or thereat in violation of any provision of the City Code.
B.
The owner and general agent of a building or premises where a violation of any provision of said regulations 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, general agent, lessee or tenant of any part of the building or premises in which such violation has been committed or shall exist, or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor or any other person who commits, takes part or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty of an ordinance violation punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars ($10.00) and not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each and every day that such violation continues, but if the offense be willful on conviction thereof, the punishment shall be a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) or more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each and every day that such violation shall continue or by imprisonment for ten (10) days for each and every day such violation shall continue or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.