Legal Documents of Maryville

Any person, firm, corporation, tenant, occupant or agent who shall violate a provision of this code or fail to comply therewith or with any of the requirements thereof, or cause such action to be taken in violation of the provisions of this code adopted by reference or locally adopted as modified, shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day, or portion thereof, during which any violation is committed or continued. Upon being found guilty of such violation, such person shall be punished according to the general penalty clause of the City of Maryville or through injunctive remedies in state or federal court as appropriate. In the event court action is taken, the city shall be entitled to recover from any person adjudicated to have violated this chapter, the city's reasonable attorney fees and litigation costs incurred in bringing the action(s) to enforce the provisions of this chapter.

Additionally, violators may, in the discretion of the city, be subject to fines and penalties to be imposed by the administrative hearing officer pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, §§ 6-54-1001, et seq., as adopted locally in the city code. (1999 Code, § 12-304)