A. No person or other entity shall engage in, or cause to occur, any use, development, construction, reconstruction, alteration, or maintenance of any property, building, structure or vehicle, or alter or use any land in violation of the code or in violation of any permit or City approval. No person or other entity shall engage in any use of property, or allow a use of property under their ownership or control, that is prohibited by the code. No person shall fail to pay any charge or fee due the City when such failure to pay is made a civil infraction.

B. No permit for the construction, occupation or use of a property, building, structure or business shall issue when that property, building, structure or business is in violation of any requirement of the code or state law. No permit for the construction, occupation or use of a property, building, structure or business shall issue when the subject property is the product of a subdivision or partition that failed to comply with the applicable subdivision or partition requirements.

C. Failure to obtain a permit or other approval when required to do so by the code shall constitute a nuisance and a civil infraction. Violation of any provision of the code enforced under this chapter may constitute grounds for revocation, nonrenewal or denial of a permit issued by the City.

D. Failure to comply with any lawful emergency declaration or order issued pursuant to HRMC Chapter 2.48 (Emergency Operations) is a civil infraction and a nuisance, enforceable under this chapter.

E. Violation of any requirement of this section is a civil infraction and a nuisance. Each day a violation exists or is allowed to exist shall constitute a separate civil infraction that can give rise to a separate citation, conviction and fine. (Ord. 2063 §1 (Exh. A), 2021)