(A) Every person who owns or controls any land, building or structure in the city is civilly responsible for cited violations of this chapter with respect to such land, building or structure, as identified in the citation/complaint.

(B) Upon finding a person responsible for a civil violation, the court may impose upon such person a civil sanction of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). The court may suspend the imposition of the sanction if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the person has corrected every violation for which the person was found responsible, and that the person is in compliance with this chapter.

(C) A first citation resulting from this chapter shall be cited as a civil violation. (Ord. No. 2019-01, §§ 1, 2, 1-2-19. 1976 Code § 9-4-7)