§ 26-146. Penalties.

(a)

In addition to the remedies provided under section 26-142(d), the board may enter an order providing penalties on any place or premises that has been or is declared to be a public nuisance, including but not limited to:

(1)

Providing for a fine not to exceed $250.00 per day.

(2)

Providing for a fine not to exceed $500.00 per day for recurring public nuisances.

(3)

Providing for the payment of reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney fees associated with the investigation of and hearings on public nuisance.

(4)

Provide for continuing jurisdiction over such place or premises for a period of one year.

(b)

Any order on public nuisance entered by the board shall be recorded in the public records of the county so that notice will be given to subsequent purchasers, successors in interest, or assigns of the real property that is the subject of the order.

(c)

A recorded order on public nuisance shall constitute a lien against the real property that is the subject of the order.

(d)

Where the city seeks to bring an administrative action, based on a stolen property nuisance, against a property owner operating an establishment where multiple tenants, on one site, conduct their own retail business, the property owner shall not be subject to a lien against his property or the prohibition of operation provision if the property owner evicts the business declared to be a nuisance within 90 days after notification by registered mail to the property owner of a second stolen property conviction of the tenant.

(e)

The total fine imposed pursuant to the authority of this section shall not exceed $15,000.00.

(Code 1979, § 2-178.8)