§ 18-89. Violation and penalties.

(a)

No person shall erect, use, occupy or maintain any one-family or two-family dwelling in violation of any provision of this article or the uniform dwelling code or cause to permit any such violation to be committed. Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to a forfeiture of not less than $2,550.00 nor more than $200.00 for each day of each violation, together with the costs of prosecution and, if in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned in the county jail for a period of not less than one day or more than six months or until such forfeiture and costs are paid as provided in Wis. Stat. § 800.095.

(b)

If an inspection reveals a noncompliance with this article or the uniform dwelling code, the building inspector shall notify the applicant and the owner, in writing, of the violations to be corrected. All cited violations shall be corrected within 30 days after written notification unless an extension of time is granted pursuant to Wis. Admin. Code Ind Comm § 20.10(1)(c).

(c)

In addition to any remedy available to the village, if inspection reveals noncompliance with the village building code of ordinances, the building inspector may serve an immediate stop work order on the owner or his or her representative and a copy thereof shall be posted at the construction site. Such stop work order shall not be removed except by written notice of the building inspector after satisfactory evidence has been supplied that the cited violation has been corrected.

(d)

Each day each violation continues after the 30-day written notice period has run constitutes a separate offense. Nothing in this article shall preclude the village from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this article or the uniform dwelling code.

(e)

If any construction or work governed by the provisions of this article or the uniform dwelling code is commenced prior to the issuance of a permit, double fees shall be charged.

(Code 1991, § 14.08(1)—(5))