§ 84-133. Enforcement.

(a)

Upon request, the department of safety and permits may aid the commission in making all necessary inspections in connection with the enforcement of this article, and furnish the commission with copies of the reports of their inspections. Employees of the department of safety and permits shall have the same right to inspect premises in connection with the enforcement of this article as they now have in relation to zoning and other violations under the jurisdiction of such department.

(b)

The commission, through its director or other appropriate officer, shall send notices by certified mail to all violator(s) who may be in violation of the provisions of this article or the rules and procedures of the commission and inform them of such violations. If such a violation has been noted and the violator(s) informed of the violation, and the violation has not been corrected within 30 days from the mailing of the notice, then the commission, through its director, shall prosecute or cause to have prosecuted such violations of this article in accordance with the procedures for administrative adjudication established in chapter 6 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, or in the municipal court of the city, or in such other court of competent jurisdiction as may be proper, either civil or criminal. If a violator(s), in good faith, has begun the process of correcting noticed violations but has not completed the correction(s) within said 30-day correction period, adjudication may be stayed pending completion. This determination is at the sole discretion of the Director of the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission.

(c)

Failure to comply with the provisions of this article or the rules and procedures of the commission shall constitute a violation hereof and may be punishable by a fine of not less than $100.00 not more than $500.00 per day for each day that the violation continues. If such violation continues for more than ten days, in addition to such fine, by imprisonment for not more than 60 days.

(d)

The commission, through its director or other appropriate officer, shall have the right to enforce any violations of this article or the rules and procedures of this commission by proceeding in accordance with the procedures for administrative adjudication established in chapter 6 of the Code of the City of New Orleans, or by civil action for injunctive relief, or by other appropriate remedy brought on in the name of the city, including the stoppage of any work attempted without or contrary to a certificate of appropriateness issued under this article.

(Ord. No. 19,866, § 2, 10-19-00; M.C.S., Ord. No. 23553, § 1, 5-21-09)