§ 74-13. Violation; penalty.  


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  • (a)

    All departments, officials and public employees of this county which are vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall conform to the provisions of this chapter. They shall issue permits for uses, buildings or purposes only when they are in harmony with the provisions of this chapter; and any permit or license issued in violation of this section shall be null and void.

    (b)

    Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person, whether as principal, agent or otherwise, violating, causing or permitting the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction may be fined not less than $10.00 nor more than $1,000.00. If the violation is uncorrected at the time of the conviction, the court shall order the violator to abate or remedy the violation in compliance with the zoning ordinance, within a time period established by the court. Failure to remove or abate a zoning violation within the specified time period shall constitute a separate misdemeanor offense punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 nor more than $1,000.00, and any such failure during any succeeding ten-day period shall constitute a separate misdemeanor offense for each ten-day period punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $1,500.00.

    However, any conviction resulting from a violation of provisions regulating the number of unrelated persons in single-family residential dwellings shall be punishable by a fine of up to $2,000.00. Failure to abate the violation within the specified time period shall be punishable by a fine of up to $5,000.00, and any such failure during any succeeding ten-day period shall constitute a separate misdemeanor offense for each ten-day period punishable by a fine of up to $7,500.00. However, no such fine shall accrue against an owner or managing agent of a single-family residential dwelling unit during the pendency of any legal action commenced by such owner or managing agent of such dwelling unit against a tenant to eliminate an overcrowding condition in accordance with Chapter 13 or Chapter 13.2 of Title 55 of the Code of Virginia, as applicable. A conviction resulting from a violation of provisions regulating the number of unrelated persons in single-family residential dwellings shall not be punishable by a jail term.

    (Ord. No. 11-05, § c, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 16-04, 3-9-2016)

    State Law reference— Penalty for violations, Code of Virginia § 15.2-2286(A)(5).

(Ord. No. 11-05, § c, 7-12-2011; Ord. No. 16-04, 3-9-2016)

State law reference

Penalty for violations, Code of Virginia § 15.2-2286(A)(5).