§ 6-296. Criminal offense; public nuisance; penalties.

No permit for demolition or renovation shall be issued without an asbestos survey as required herein as pertains to commercial and public buildings meeting the applicable definition requirements of this article. It shall be unlawful for any person to commence, conduct, or continue demolition or renovation operations without a permit as required under sections 6-291 and 6-292. Violators shall be deemed to have committed a Class C Misdemeanor criminal offense, and shall be subject to a fine of no less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each violation. Each day a violation continues shall be deemed a separate offense. Commission of renovation or demolition in violation of this article, without benefit of an asbestos survey, is hereby declared to be commission of a public nuisance, deemed to pose a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare, and is prohibited as unlawful. It is also an offense for an owner, occupant, or other person having control of a building or structure to fail to cease or fail to cause to cease acts of demolition or renovation occurring, or threatening to occur, in violation of this article. The city reserves to itself all remedies, at law and in equity, which may be cumulative to the criminal law, to treat violations of this article; the city shall be neither required to issue nor prohibited from issuing criminal citations before, during, or after any civil proceeding to enforce this article.

(Ord. No. 89710, § 1, 5-6-99)