Ordinance 1523 - Decriminalize Zoning ViolationsORDINANCE NO. 1523
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 1175 CODIFIED AS A PORTION OF
THE KALISPELL ZONING REGULATIONS TO DECRIMINALIZE ZONING
VIOLATIONS AND MAKE SUCH ZONING VIOLATIONS CIVIL INFRACTIONS AND
DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA,
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1 Ordinance No. 1175, codified under the Kalispell Zoning Regulations as
Kalispell City Code 27-36-010 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Penalty for Violation. Any person or corporation, whether owner, lessee,
principal agent, employee, or otherwise, who violates any provisions of
these regulations or pen -nits any such violation or fails to comply with any
of the requirements thereof. or who erects, constructs, reconstructs, alters,
enlarges, converts, moves, or uses any building or uses any land in
violation of any detailed statement or plans submitted by him and
approved under the provisions of these regulations, may be subject to
penalties as a municipal infraction pursuant to Chapter 1, Article II of the
Kalispell City Code. Each day of continued violation shall constitute a
separate, additional violation. The zoning administrator or his authorized
agent is hereby authorized to enforce the City of Kalispell Zoning
Ordinance by issuing a civil citation.
SECTION 2 This Ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days from and after the date of
its final passage and approval.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR
THIS 7TIi DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2005.
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