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Waukesha City Zoning Code

22.67 Enforcement

  1. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. The Zoning Administrator and Planning Department shall enforce this chapter in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 16 and this chapter. All departments, officials and public employees of the City who may issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this chapter and shall issue no permit or license for any use, building or purpose in conflict with the provisions of this chapter. Any permit or license issued in conflict with the provisions of this chapter shall be null and void.
  2. VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. No person shall erect, construction, reconstruct, enlarge, change, maintain or use any building or land in violation of any of the provisions of this Code, or any amendment or supplement thereto adopted by the Common Council. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Code or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be subject to a penalty as provided in Section 25.04 of this Municipal Code. Each and every day during which such illegal location, erection, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, change, maintenance, or use continues, shall be deemed a separate offense.
  3. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. If any building is or is proposed to be located, erected, constructed, reconstructed, enlarged, changed, maintained or used, or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of this chapter or any amendment or supplement thereto, the City Council, City Attorney, Building Inspector or any adjacent or neighboring property owner who would be specially damaged by such violation may, in addition to other remedies provided by law, institute appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful location, 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.

(Rep. & recr. #66-01)