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Pecan Hill City Zoning Code

ARTICLE X

PENALTY FOR VIOLATION

§ 1

1.1 
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall intentionally or knowingly violate any of the provisions of this Ordinance or who shall fail to comply with any requirement or provision hereof within the territorial. limits of Pecan Hill, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000), and each and every day that such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable accordingly. In addition to the said penalty provided for, the right is hereby conferred and extended upon any property owner owning property in any district, where such property owner may be affected or invaded, by a violation of the terms of the Ordinance, to bring suit in such court or courts having jurisdiction thereof and obtain such remedies as may be available at law and equity in the protection of the rights of such property owners.
1.2 
Any violation of any provision of this Code which occurs outside the territorial limits of the City of Pecan Hill and within the ETJ of the said City shall not constitute a misdemeanor under this ordinance; however, under this Code, the City shall have the right to institute an action in the District Court to enjoin the violation of any provision of such Code in such extraterritorial jurisdiction, and the District Court shall have the power to grant any or all types of injunctive relief in such cases.
1.3 
Notwithstanding the potential criminal penalties outlined herein, nothing herein shall prevent or preclude the City from taking all appropriate legal actions and seeking such legal redress as permitted by law including civil, administrative and injunctive relief.
(Ordinance adopted 2/20/86; Ordinance 98-3 adopted 9/9/98; Ordinance 2010-01 adopted 3/16/10)