White Pine County Unincorporated
City Zoning Code

   A.   It is the duty of the building inspector to enforce the provisions of this title. It is the duty of county officials charged with the issuance of licenses to enforce the provisions of this title pertaining to the use of land or buildings for which such license is required by any other ordinance of the county.

   B.   It is the duty of all county officers charged with the enforcement of law to enforce this title and all of its provisions.

   C.   Any person, whether acting as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating any provision of this title or of any variance or special permit granted hereunder, or the owner, general agent, lessee or tenant of a building or premises where a violation of any provision of this title exists in any violation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine or not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in jail for a term not to exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this title is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation and shall be punishable as provided in this chapter.

   D.   Any building or structure hereafter set up, erected, built, moved or maintained, or by use of property hereafter, contrary to the provisions of this title, is unlawful and a public nuisance, and the county attorney shall, upon order of the governing body, immediately commence action for abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof, in the matter provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court or course as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such building, structure or use, and restrain and enjoin any persons from setting up, erecting, building, moving or maintaining any such building or structure, or using any property contrary to the provisions of this title.

The issuance or granting of a building permit or approval of plans or specifications under the authority of the building code shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for or an approval of any violation of any of the provisions of this title or any amendment thereto. (Ord. 203 §30, 1987)