§ 21-77. Penalties.

(a)

Violation of this section may be prosecuted in the same manner as misdemeanors are prosecuted. Such violations shall be prosecuted in the name of the state in a court having jurisdiction of misdemeanors by the prosecuting attorney thereof, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00 or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed 60 days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b)

Violations of this section may also be prosecuted before the county code compliance board under F.S. ch. 162 and chapter 8 of this Code.

(c)

All penalties in this section are cumulative and nonexclusive. Nothing in this subsection prevents the county from enforcing this section through any other method, process, or cause of action that may be available under the laws of the state.

( Ord. No. 019-2012, § 13 ; Ord. No. 033-2013, § 2 )