CHAPTER 11

ENFORCEMENT

1100 Duty of Community Development Director and Other Officials

1110 Penalties for Violation

1120 Construction and Use to be as provided in Applications, Plans and Permits

SECTION 1100 DUTY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND OTHER OFFICIALS

It shall be the duty of the Community Development Director or his/her designee to enforce this code. If the Community Development Director or his/her designee shall find that any of the provisions of this code are being violated, he shall notify in writing the persons responsible for such violations, indicating the nature of the violation and ordering the action necessary to correct it, and shall take such other action to ensure compliance with or to prevent violation of its provisions as is authorized.

All departments, officials, and employees of the City of Owasso, Oklahoma, vested with the duty or authority to issue permits or licenses shall comply with the provisions of this code and shall issue no permit or licenses for any use, purpose, excavation, construction, structure, building, or sign in conflict with the provisions of this code.

SECTION 1110 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION

Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provisions of this code or failing to comply with any of its requirements, including violations of conditions and safeguards established in connection with grants of variances or special exceptions, shall be deemed guilty of an offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $200.00 and costs and/or 30 days imprisonment, and each day's violation thereof shall constitute a separate offense.

Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City of Owasso, Oklahoma or its authorized officials from taking other action, authorized by law, to remedy violations.

SECTION 1120 CONSTRUCTION AND USE TO BE AS PROVIDED IN APPLICATIONS, PLANS AND PERMITS

Permits, Variances, or Special Exceptions issued on the basis of approved plans and applications authorize only the uses, arrangement and construction set forth in such approved plans and applications, and no other use, arrangement, or construction. Use, arrangement, or construction at variance with that authorized shall be deemed a violation of this ordinance, and punishable as provided by Section 1210.