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Taos City Zoning Code

§ 16.16.220.13

Penalties, remedies.

A. 
Any person who violates any provision of this section 16.16.220 shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or imprisonment for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days. A violation exists whenever there is a performance of an act which is prohibited by the provisions of this section 16.16.220, or a failure to perform an act which is required by this section 16.16.220. Each day a violation exists shall be considered a separate offense.
B. 
In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, externally reconstructed, externally altered, added to, or demolished in violation of this title, the town or any person may institute an appropriate action or proceeding in a court with competent jurisdiction to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, exterior alteration, addition or demolition, and the violating party shall pay all court costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, if the court should find in favor of the town or persons suing on behalf of the town to enforce the provisions of this section 16.16.220.
(Ordinance 99-05 adopted 1999)