§ 17.60.010. Violations—Penalties.


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  • A.

    The owner or agent of the owner of land located within a subdivision who offers to sell, transfers, sells or enters into a contract to sell land in a subdivision before a plat of the subdivision has been prepared, approved and recorded in accordance with this title, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each lot or parcel offered for sale, transferred, sold or included in a contract to be sold.

    B.

    No person may record a plat or seek to have a plat recorded unless it has been formally approved by the city. A person who knowingly violates this subsection is punishable upon conviction by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

    C.

    The city of Hoonah or any aggrieved person may bring a civil action to enjoin any violation of this title, any transfer or sale of an unlawfully subdivided parcel, the violation of any order of the platting board or the council pursuant to this title issued, and the violation of any term or condition of any plat or other entitlement approved under this title, and to obtain damages for any injury the plaintiff suffered as a result of the violation. An action for injunction under this section may be brought notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy. Upon application for injunctive relief and a finding of an existing or threatened violation, the Superior Court shall enjoin the violation.

(Ord. 86-03-04-01 § 1 (part): prior code § 95.09.010)