§ 1.12.090. Penalties.

A.

Notwithstanding the language in Title 1, Chapter 1.16, Section 1.16.010, and unless otherwise provided by specific law or ordinance, the penalty to apply in the event of a violation of any ordinance enforced by the noncriminal disposition procedure in this chapter shall be as follows: not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than two hundred-fifty dollars per offense. Each day on which a violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate offense.

B.

Any person or entity who both fails to provide payment to the city clerk as provided by Section 1.12.060 and fails to make written request for a hearing within twenty-one days to the city clerk and the clerk magistrate of the Chelsea District Court shall be assessed a late fee of fifty dollars. Written notice of this late fee shall be forwarded to such person or entity by regular mail by either the city clerk or the enforcing officer. The original penalty plus the late fee shall be due and payable to the city clerk within thirty days of the date of the written notice.

C.

If the original penalty and the late fee are not paid in full within thirty days from the written notice described in subsection B above, then the amount due to the city shall be three hundred dollars.

D.

In the event that the initial violation resulting in a penalty under this Section is a violation of the State Sanitary Code or the Health Code set forth in Title 8 of the revised ordinances of the city of Revere, then the balance due to the city from any penalties, fines or late fees imposed under this Section shall constitute a lien on the property of the person or entity owing such charges in accordance with Chapter 497 of the Acts of 1991.

(C.O. 00-544 § 3, 2000)