§ 18-67. Penalties.


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  • (a)

    Any person, firm or corporation that does anything prohibited or fails to do anything required by the provisions of this article, as they now exist or as they may hereafter be amended, upon citation by the chief of police or his/her designee and conviction of the violation in a court of competent jurisdiction, shall be subject to a fine and/or imprisonment in accordance with section 1-10. Where any offense or violation continues from day to day, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed a separate offense.

    (b)

    Without limiting the foregoing, upon the presentment of evidence, the judge may consider whether the imposition of a sentence authorized under this article would:

    (1)

    Result in undue burden or hardship;

    (2)

    Alter or impair the obligations created by court order or decree; or

    (3)

    Otherwise not further the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of DeKalb County.

    (c)

    Upon a third or subsequent conviction of a violation of section 18-38(c), the court of competent jurisdiction, in addition to other remedies provided in this article, may order the county to cut and remove any and all overgrown vegetation, weeds or grass from said property at public expense, the full cost of which shall constitute a lien upon the property thereof, when the owner refuses to cut and remove the same in accordance with this article, or when such owner cannot be located by reasonable search. The lien shall attach to the property in accordance with the provisions in section 18-70(d).

(Ord. No. 33-03, Pt. I, 12-23-03; Ord. No. 06-03(1), Pt. I, 4-11-06)