TITLE 13

CHAPTER

1.  MISCELLANEOUS.

2.  SLUM CLEARANCE.

3.  JUNKYARDS.

4.  ABANDONED VEHICLES.

CHAPTER 1

SECTION

13-101.  Smoke, soot, cinders, etc.

13-102.  Stagnant water.

13-103.  Weeds and grass.

13-104.  Overgrown and dirty lots.

13-105.  Dead animals.

13-106.  Health and sanitation nuisances.

13-107.  Violations and penalty.

13-108.  Designation of certain municipal enforcement officers as having the

authority to issue ordinance summonses.

13-103.  Weeds and grass. Every owner or tenant of property shall periodically cut the grass and other vegetation commonly recognized as weeds on his property, and it shall be unlawful for any person to fail to comply with an order by the codes enforcement officer to cut such vegetation when it has reached a height of over one (1) foot. (as amended by Ord. #97-8-11-1127, § 2, Aug. 1997)

13-104.  Overgrown and dirty lots. (1) Prohibition. Pursuant to the authority granted to municipalities under Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-54-113, it shall be unlawful for any owner of record of real property to create, maintain, or permit to be maintained on such property the growth of trees, vines, grass, underbrush and/or the accumulations of debris, trash, litter, or garbage or any combination of the preceding elements so as to endanger the health, safety, or welfare of other citizens or to encourage the infestation of rats and other harmful animals.

(2)  Limitation on application. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any parcel of property upon which an owner-occupied residence is located.

(3)  Designation of public officer or department. The city council shall designate an appropriate department or person to enforce the provisions of this section.

(4)  Notice to property owner. It shall be the duty of the department or person designated by the city council to enforce this section to serve notice upon the owner of record in violation of subsection (1) above, a notice in plain language to remedy the condition within ten (10) days (or twenty (20) days if the owner of record is a carrier engaged in the transportation of property or is a utility transmitting communications, electricity, gas, liquids, steam, sewage, or other materials), excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. The notice shall be sent by registered or certified United States Mail, addressed to the last known address of the owner of record. The notice shall state that the owner of the property is entitled to a hearing, and shall, at the minimum, contain the following additional information:

(a)  A brief statement that the owner is in violation of § 13-104 of the Lenoir City Municipal Code, which has been enacted under the authority of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 6-54-113, and that the property of such owner may be cleaned-up at the expense of the owner and a lien placed against the property to secure the cost of the clean-up;

(b)  The person, office, address, and telephone number of the department or person giving the notice;

(c)  A cost estimate for remedying the noted condition, which shall be in conformity with the standards of cost in the city; and

(d)  A place wherein the notified party may return a copy of the notice, indicating the desire for a hearing.

(5)  Clean-up at property owner's expense. If the property owner of record fails or refuses to remedy the condition within ten (10) days after receiving the notice (twenty (20) days if the owner is a carrier engaged in the transportation of property or is a utility transmitting communications, electricity, gas, liquids, steam, sewage, or other materials), the department or person designated by the city council to enforce the provisions of this section shall immediately cause the condition to be remedied or removed at a cost in conformity with reasonable standards, and the cost thereof shall be assessed against the owner of the property. Upon the filing of the notice with the office of the register of deeds in Loudon County, the costs shall be a lien on the property in favor of the municipality, second only to liens of the state, county, and municipality for taxes, any lien of the municipality for special assessments, and any valid lien, right, or interest in such property duly recorded or duly perfected by filing, prior to the filing of such notice. These cost shall be placed on the tax rolls of the municipality as a lien and shall be added to property tax bills to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as property taxes are collected. If the owner fails to pay the costs, they may be collected at the same time and in the same manner as delinquent property taxes are collected and shall be subject to the same penalty and interest as delinquent property taxes.

(6)  Appeal. Any person who is aggrieved by the determination and order of the public officer under this section may appeal the determination and order to the board of housing appeals, and according to the procedure, established in section 12-502(3) of this municipal code of ordinances.

(7)  Judicial review. Any person aggrieved by an order or act of board of housing appeals under subsection (5) above may seek judicial review of the order or act. The time period established in subsection (4) above shall be stayed during the pendency of judicial review.

(8)  Supplemental nature of this section. The provisions of this section are in addition and supplemental to, and not in substitution for, any other provision in the municipal charter, this municipal code of ordinances or other applicable law which permits the city to proceed against an owner, tenant or occupant of property who has created, maintained, or permitted to be maintained on such property the growth of trees, vines, grass, weeds, underbrush and/or the accumulation of the debris, trash, litter, or garbage or any combination of the preceding elements, under its charter, any other provisions of this municipal code of ordinances or any other applicable law. (as amended by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 3, Aug. 1997)

13-108.  Designation of certain municipal enforcement officers as having the authority to issue ordinance summonses. (1) The City Council of the City of Lenior City hereby designates the codes enforcement officer as having the authority to issue ordinance summons in the area of sanitation and the codes enforcement officer as having the authority to issue ordinances summons in the area of litter control as provided in Tennessee Code Annotated, sections 7-63-201 through 7-63-204.

(2) Such enforcement officers who witness a violation of any ordinance, law or regulation in those areas in which they have been given the authority to issue ordinance summons and give the summons to the offender.

The ordinance summons shall contain the name and address of the person being summoned and such other information necessary; to identify and give the person cited notice of the charge against him and state a specific date and place for the offender to appear and answer the charges against him. The ordinance summons shall also contain an agreement to appear, which shall be signed by the offender. If the offender refuses to sign the agreement to appear, the enforcement officer in whose presence the offense occurred may seek the assistance of a police officer to witness the violation. The police officer who witnesses the violation may issue a citation in lieu of arrest for the violation or arrest the offender for failure to sign the citation in lieu of arrest. If the police officer makes an arrest, he shall dispose of the person arrested as provided for in citation in lieu of arrest in non-traffic cases.

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate his agreement to appear in court, regardless of the disposition of the charge for which the citation in lieu of arrest was issued. (as added by Ord. #97-8-11-1127, §§ 1 and 2, Aug. 1997)

CHAPTER 2

SLUM CLEARANCE Tennessee Code Annotated, title 13, chapter 21.

SECTION

13-201.  Findings of city council.

13-202.  Definitions.

13-203.  "Public officer" designated; powers.

13-204.  Initiation of proceedings; hearings.

13-205.  Orders to owners of unfit structures.

13-206.  Appeals of public officer's orders to board of housing appeals.

13-207.  When public officer may repair, etc.

13-208.  When public officer may remove or demolish.

13-209.  Lien for expenses; sale of salvage materials; other powers not limited.

13-210.  Basis for a finding of unfitness.

13-211.  Service of complaints or orders.

13-212.  Enjoining enforcement of orders.

13-213.  Additional powers of public officer.

13-214.  Powers conferred are supplemental.

13-215.  Structures unfit for human habitation deemed unlawful.

(2) "Governing body" shall mean the city council charged with governing the city.

(3) "Public officer" shall mean the officer or officers who are authorized by this chapter to exercise the powers prescribed herein and pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 13-21-101, et seq.

(4) "Public authority" shall mean any housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the city or state relating to health, fire, building regulations, or other activities concerning structures in the city.

(5) "Owner" shall mean the holder of title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record.

(6) "Parties in interest" shall mean all individuals, associations, corporations and others who have interests of record in a dwelling and any who are in possession thereof.

(7) "Structure" shall mean any dwelling or place of public accommodation or vacant building or structure suitable as a dwelling or place of public accommodation. (as amended by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 4, Aug. 1997)

13-204.  Initiation of proceedings; hearings. Whenever a petition is filed with the public officer by a public authority or by at least five (5) residents of the city charging that any structure is unfit for human occupancy or use, or whenever it appears to the public officer (on his own motion) that any structure is unfit for human occupation or use, the public officer shall, if his preliminary investigation discloses a basis for such charges, issue and cause to be served upon the owner of, and parties in interest of, such structure a complaint stating the charges in that respect and containing a notice that a hearing will be held before the public officer (or his designated agent) at a place therein fixed, not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days after the service of the complaint; and the owner and parties in interest shall have the right to file an answer to the complaint and to appear in person, or otherwise, and give testimony at the time and place fixed in the complaint; and the rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law or equity shall not be controlling in hearings before the public officer.

(1) If the repair, alteration or improvement of the structure can be made at a reasonable cost in relation to the value of the structure (not exceeding fifty percent [50%] of the reasonable value), requiring the owner, during the time specified in the order, to repair, alter, or improve such structure to render it fit for human occupancy or use or to vacate and close the structure for human occupancy or use; or

(2) If the repair, alteration or improvement of said structure cannot be made at a reasonable cost in relation to the value of the structure (not to exceed fifty percent [50%] of the value of the premises), requiring the owner within the time specified in the order, to remove or demolish such structure.

13-206.  Appeals of public officer's orders to board of housing appeals. Any person who is aggrieved by the determination and order of the public officer under this chapter may appeal the determination and order to the board of housing appeals, and according to the procedures, established in section 12-502(3) of this municipal code of ordinances. (as added by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 5, Aug. 1997)

The remedy provided herein shall be the exclusive remedy and no person affected by an order of the public officer shall be entitled to recover any damages for action taken pursuant to any order of the public officer, or because of noncompliance by such person with any order of the public officer. (as renumbered by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 5, Aug. 1997)

13-213.  Additional powers of public officer. The public officer, in order to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, shall have the following powers in addition to those otherwise granted herein:

(1) To investigate conditions of the structures in the city in order to determine which structures therein are unfit for human occupation or use;

(2) To administer oaths, affirmations, examine witnesses and receive evidence;

(3) To enter upon premises for the purpose of making examination, provided that such entry shall be made in such manner as to cause the least possible inconvenience to the persons in possession;

(4) To appoint and fix the duties of such officers, agents and employees as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and

(5) To delegate any of his functions and powers under this chapter to such officers and agents as he may designate. (as renumbered by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 5, Aug. 1997)

13-214.  Powers conferred are supplemental. This chapter shall not be construed to abrogate or impair the powers of the city with regard to the enforcement of the provisions of its charter or any other ordinances or regulations, nor to prevent or punish violations thereof, and the powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by the charter and other laws. (as renumbered by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 5, Aug. 1997)

13-215.  Structures unfit for human habitation deemed unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any owner of record to create, maintain or permit to be maintained in the city structures which are unfit for human occupation due to dilapidation, defects increasing the hazards of fire, accident or other calamities, lack of ventilation, light or sanitary facilities, or due to other conditions rendering such dwellings unsafe or unsanitary, or dangerous or detrimental to the health, safety and morals, or otherwise inimical to the welfare of the residents of the city.

Violations of this section shall subject the offender to a penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. Each day a violation is allowed to continue shall constitute a separate offense. (as renumbered by Ord. #97-8-25-1130, § 5, Aug. 1997)

CHAPTER 3

SECTION

13-301.  Definitions.

13-302.  Junkyard screening.

13-303.  Screening methods.

13-304.  Requirements for effective screening.

13-305.  Maintenance of screens.

13-306.  Utilization of highway right-of-way.

13-307.  Non-conforming junkyards.

13-308.  Permits and fees.

13-309.  Violations and penalty.

(2) "Junkyard" shall mean an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard. This definition includes scrap metal processors, used auto parts yards, yards providing temporary storage of automobile bodies or parts awaiting disposal as a normal part of the business operation when the business will continually have like materials located on the premises, garbage dumps, sanitary landfills, and recycling centers.

(3) "Recycling center" means an establishment, place of business, facility or building which is maintained, operated, or used for the storing, keeping, buying, or selling of newspaper or used food or beverage containers or plastic containers for the purpose of converting such items into a usable product.

(4) "Person" means any individual, firm, agency, company, association, partnership, business trust, joint stock company, body politic, or corporation.

(5) "Screening" means the use of plantings, fencing, natural objects, and other appropriate means which screen any deposit of junk so that the junk is not visible from the highways and streets of the city.

13-303.  Screening methods. The following methods and materials for screening are given for consideration only:

(1) Landscape planting. The planting of trees, shrubs, etc., of sufficient size and density to provide a year-round effective screen. Plants of the evergreen variety are recommended.

(2) Earth grading. The construction of earth mounds which are graded, shaped, and planted to a natural appearance.

(3) Architectural barriers. The utilization of:

(a) Panel fences made of metal, plastic, fiberglass, or plywood.

(b) Wood fences of vertical or horizontal boards using durable woods such as western cedar or redwood or others treated with a preservative.

(c) Walls of masonry, including plain or ornamented concrete block, brick, stone, or other suitable materials.

(4) Natural objects. Naturally occurring rock outcrops, woods, earth mounds, etc., may be utilized for screening or used in conjunction with fences, plantings, or other appropriate objects to form an effective screen.

13-304.  Requirements for effective screening. Screening may be accomplished using natural objects, earth mounds, landscape plantings, fences, or other appropriate materials used singly or in combination as approved by the city. The effect of the completed screening must be the concealment of the junkyard from view on a year-round basis.

(1) Screens which provide a "see-through" effect when viewed from a moving vehicle shall not be acceptable.

(2) Open entrances through which junk materials are visible from the main traveled way shall not be permitted except where entrance gates, capable of concealing the junk materials when closed, have been installed. Entrance gates must remain closed from sundown to sunrise.

(3) Screening shall be located on private property and not on any part of the highway right-of-way.

(4) At no time after the screen is established shall junk be stacked or placed high enough to be visible above the screen nor shall junk be placed outside of the screened area.

13-305.  Maintenance of screens. The owner or operator of the junkyard shall be responsible for maintaining the screen in good repair to insure the continuous concealment of the junkyard. Damaged or dilapidated screens, including dead or diseased plantings, which permit a view of the junk within shall render the junkyard visible and shall be in violation of this code and shall be replaced as required by the city.

If not replaced within sixty (60) days the city shall replace said screening and shall require payment upon demand. Failure to pay in full shall result in the fee plus interest to be assessed to the property and shall be combined with the subsequent taxation of the property by the city.

(1) The junkyard must continue to be lawfully maintained.

(2) There must be existing property rights in the junk or junkyard.

(3) Abandoned junkyards shall no longer be lawful.

(4) The location of the junkyard may not be changed for any reason. If the location is changed, the junkyard shall be treated as a new establishment at a new location and shall conform to the laws of the city.

(5) The junkyard may not be extended or enlarged.

(1) Permits shall be valid for the fiscal year for which issued and shall be subject to renewal each year. The city's fiscal year begins on July 1 and ends on June 30 the year next following.

(2) Each application for an original or renewal permit shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) which is not subject to either proration or refund.

(3) All applications for an original or renewal permit shall be made on a form prescribed by the city.

(4) Permits shall be issued only to those junkyards that are in compliance with these rules.

(5) A permit is valid only while held by the permittee and for the location for which it is issued.

13-309.  Violations and penalty. Violations of this chapter shall subject the offender to a penalty of up to five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. Each day a violation is allowed to continue shall constitute a separate offense.

CHAPTER 4

SECTION

13-401.  Definitions.

13-402.  Abandonment of vehicles.

13-403.  Leaving of wrecked, nonoperating vehicle on street.

13-404.  Disposition of wrecked or discarded vehicles.

13-405.  Impounding.

13-406.  Disposal of "abandoned motor vehicles."

(1) "Person" Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization of any kind.

(2) "Vehicle" A machine propelled by power other than human power designed to travel along the ground by use of wheels, treads, runners, or slides and transport persons or property or pull machinery and shall include, without limitation, an automobile, truck, trailer, motorcycle, tractor, buggy and wagon.

(3) "Street or highway" The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel.

(4) "Property" Any real property within the city or any city property within or without the corporate limits which is not a street or highway.

(5) "Chief of police" The chief of police of the City of Lenoir City or his authorized representative.

(1) affixing notice on such vehicle,

(2) sending notice by mail to the owner of such vehicle at his last known address if the owner is reasonably ascertainable, and

(3) by sending notice by mail to the person owning or controlling the property on which such vehicle is located.

The chief of police may enter upon private property at all reasonable hours for the purpose of inspecting such vehicle, posting notice thereon, and removing and impounding such vehicle, and it shall be unlawful for any person to prevent the chief of police from entering on private property for purposes of carrying out his duties hereunder or to interfere with him in the lawful performance of his duties under the provisions of this chapter.

CHAPTER 5

SECTION

13-501.  Definitions.

13-502.  Violations a civil offense.

13-503.  Exceptions.

13-504.  Enforcement.

13-505.  Appeals to the board.

13-506.  Decisions by board.

13-507.  Appeals to court.

13-508.  Penalty for violation.

13-501.  Definitions. For the purpose of the interpretation and application of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the indicated meanings:

(1) "Person" shall mean any natural person, or any firm, partnership, association, corporation or other organization of any kind and description.

(2) "Private property" shall include all property that is not public property, regardless of how the property is zoned or used.

(3) "Traveled portion of any public street or highway" shall mean the width of the street from curb to curb, or where there are no curbs, the entire width of the paved portion of the street, or where the street is unpaved, the entire width of the street in which vehicles ordinarily use for travel.

(4) (a) "Vehicle" shall mean any machine propelled by power other than human power, designed to travel along the ground by the use of wheels, treads, self-laying tracks, runners, slides or skids, including but not limited to automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, motor scooters, go-carts, campers, tractors, trailers, tractor-trailers, buggies, wagons, and earth-moving equipment, and any part of the same.

(b) "Junk vehicle" shall mean a vehicle of any age that is damaged or defective in any one or combination of any of the following ways that either makes the vehicle immediately inoperable, or would prohibit the vehicle from being operated in a reasonably safe manner upon the public streets and highways under its own power if self-propelled, or while being towed or pushed, if not self-propelled:

(i) Flat tires, missing tires, missing wheels, or missing or partially or totally disassembled tires and wheels.

(ii) Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential part or parts of the vehicle's drive train, including but not limited to, engine, transmission, transaxle, drive shaft, differential, or axle.

(iii) Extensive exterior body damage or missing or partially or totally disassembled essential body parts, including, but not limited to, fenders, doors, engine hood, bumper or bumpers, windshield, or windows.

(iv) Missing or partially or totally disassembled essential interior parts, including, but not limited to, driver's seat, steering wheel, instrument panel, clutch, brake, gear shift lever.

(v) Missing or partially or totally disassembled parts essential to the starting or running of the vehicle under its own power, including, but not limited to, starter, generator or alternator, battery, distributor, gas tank, carburetor or fuel injection system, spark plugs, or radiator.

(vi) Interior is a container for metal, glass, paper, rags or other cloth, wood, auto parts, machinery, waste or discarded materials in such quantity, quality and arrangement that a driver cannot be properly seated in the vehicle.

(vii) Lying on the ground (upside down, on it side, or at other extreme angle), sitting on blocks, or suspended in the air by any other method in combination with any of the preceding conditions.

(viii) General environment in which the vehicle sits, including, but not limited to vegetation that has grown up around, in or through the vehicle, the collection of pools of water in the vehicle, and the accumulation of other garbage or debris around the vehicle. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-502.  Violations a civil offense. It shall be unlawful and a civil offense for any person:

(1) To park and or in any other manner place and leave unattended on the traveled portion of any public street or highway a junk vehicle for any period of time, even if the owner or operator of the vehicle did not intend to permanently desert or forsake the vehicle.

(2) To park or in any other manner place and leave unattended on the traveled portion of any street or highway, or upon any other public property, a junk vehicle for more than forty-eight (48) continuous hours, even if the owner or operator of the vehicle did not intend to permanently desert or forsake the vehicle.

(3) To park, store, keep, maintain on private property a junk vehicle for more than sixty (60) days. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-503.  Exceptions. (1) It shall be permissible for a person to park, store, keep and maintain a junked vehicle on private property under the following conditions:

(a) The junk vehicle is completely enclosed within a building or suitably covered or screened from view where neither the vehicle nor any part of it is visible from the street or from any other abutting property. However, this exception shall not exempt the owner or person in possession of the property from any zoning, building, housing, property maintenance, and other regulations governing the building in which such vehicle is enclosed.

(b) The junk vehicle is parked or stored on property lawfully zoned for business engaged in wrecking, junking, or repairing vehicles. However, this exception shall not exempt the owner or operator of any such business from any other zoning, building, property maintenance and other regulations governing business engaged in wrecking, junking, or repairing vehicles.

(2) No person shall park, store, keep and maintain on private property a junk vehicle for any period of time if it poses an immediate threat to the health and safety of citizens of the city. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-504.  Enforcement. Pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated, § 7-63-101, the building inspector is authorized to issue ordinance summons for violations of this chapter on private property. The building inspector shall upon the complaint of any citizen, or acting on his own information, investigate complaints of junked vehicles on private property. If after such investigation the building inspector finds a junk vehicle on private property, he shall issue an ordinance summons. The ordinance summons shall be served upon the owner or owners of the property, or upon the person or persons apparently in lawful possession of the property, and shall give notice to the same to appear and answer the charges against him or them. If the offender refuses to sign the agreement to appear, the building inspector may (1) request the city judge to issue a summons, or (2) request a police officer to witness the violation. The police officer who witnesses the violation may issue the offender a citation in lieu of arrest as authorized by Tennessee Code Annotated, § 7-63-101 et seq, or if the offender refuses to sign the citation, may arrest the offender for failure to sign the citation in lieu of arrest. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-505.  Appeals to the board. Any person affected by any notice which has been issued in connection with the enforcement of any provision of this chapter, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the board of housing appeals; provided, that such person shall file in the office of the city recorder a written petition requesting such hearing and setting forth a statement of the grounds therefor within twenty (20) days after the date the notice was served. Within ten (10) days after the receipt of the petition the inspector shall set a time and place for such hearing and shall give the petitioner written notice thereof. At such hearing the petitioner shall be given an opportunity to be heard and to show cause why such notice should be modified or withdrawn. The hearing before the board shall be commenced not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the petition was filed; provided that, upon written application of the petitioner to the board, the date of the hearing may be postponed beyond the thirty (30) day period if the petitioner shows good and sufficient reason why it should be postponed. Any notice served automatically becomes an order if a written petition for hearing is not filed in the office of the recorder within twenty (20) days after the notice is served. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-506.  Decisions by board. After hearing an appeal, the board shall sustain, modify, or withdraw the notice, depending upon its findings as to whether the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations adopted thereto have been complied with. The board may also modify any notice as to authorize a variance from the provisions of this junked vehicle chapter when, because of special conditions, a literal enforcement of the provisions thereof will result in practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship; provided, that the spirit of the junked vehicle chapter will be observed, public health and welfare secured, and substantial justice done. The board may also extend the time for compliance if the case warrants. If the board sustains or modifies such notice, it shall be deemed to be an order and the violator shall comply with all provisions of such order within the specified length of time. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-507.  Appeals to court. Any person or persons, jointly or severally, aggrieved by the decision of the board, or any taxpayer, or any officer, department, board of bureau of the municipality, may seek relief therefrom in any court of competent jurisdiction as provided by the laws of the state. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)

13-508.  Penalty for violations. Any person violating this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500.00 for each separate violation of this chapter. Each day the violation of this chapter continues shall be considered a separate violation. (as added by Ord. #1997-10-13-1139, Oct. 1997)