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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-415 Civil penalties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-415" heading="Civil penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Authority and Scope.">
      <para num="(1)">This section is enacted by authority of &lt;cite data-doc="Md. Code" data-path="gnr|8-1808"&gt;State Natural Resources Article § 8-1808(c)(1)(iii)&lt;/cite&gt;14.</para>
      <para num="(2)">This section applies in addition to any other civil or criminal penalty authorized by State or City law.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Administrator may impose.">Any person who violates a provision of this subtitle, of the Critical Area Management Program, or of any rule or regulation adopted under them, including any contractor, property owner, or other person who authorizes or who assists or participates in the violation, is subject to the imposition by the Zoning Administrator of a civil fine of up to $1,000 for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Each day a separate offense.">Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Considerations.">In determining the amount of the penalty to be imposed under this section, the Zoning Administrator must consider the following:<para num="(1)">the gravity of the violation;</para>
      <para num="(2)">any willfulness or negligence involved in the violation;</para>
      <para num="(3)">the environmental impact of the violation; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the cost of restoring and mitigating the damage to the resource affected by the violation, including the cost to the State or the City for performing, supervising, or rendering assistance to the restoration and mitigation.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Procedures.">The procedures for imposing the fine and for providing notice and an opportunity to be heard are as set forth in the Administrative Enforcement Procedures of the Critical Area Management Program.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
