30.2 Fees and Penalties | Oro Valley Zoning Code

Section 30.2 Fees and Penalties

Fees shall be required for all application processes described herein. The Town shall adopt a fee schedule and related policies by resolution. All fees specified must be provided by the applicant upon submittal of an application or as determined by the Planning and Zoning Administrator.

Any person, firm or corporation whether as principal, owner, agent, tenant or otherwise who violates, disobeys, omits or refuses to comply with, or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance (Oro Valley Zoning Code Revised) shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine as proscribed in the penalty schedule adopted by the Town or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

1. If any building or structure is constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is used in violation of this ordinance, the Town, or any owner or tenant of real property in the same contiguous zoning district as the violation in question, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings:

a. To prevent the unlawful grading, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance or use;

b. To prevent the occupancy of the building, structure or land;

c. To prevent any illegal act, conduct business or use in or about the premises; or

d. To restrain, correct or abate the violation.

2. When any such action is instituted by an owner or tenant, notice of such action shall be served upon the municipality at the time suit is begun by serving a copy of the complaint on the Town Clerk.

3. In any such action or proceeding, the court with jurisdiction thereof has the power and, in its discretion, may issue a restraining order or a preliminary injunction as well as a permanent injunction upon such terms and under such conditions as will do justice and enforce the purpose of this ordinance.