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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 7-4 Enforcement of notice or order.">
  <section prefix="§" num="7-4" heading="Enforcement of notice or order.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">If a violation is not promptly discontinued or abated, or if the violation notice or order is not complied with promptly, the Floodplain Manager may institute or cause to be instituted any appropriate legal proceeding.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Types of proceedings.">Enforcement proceedings may include:<para num="(1)">injunctive or other equity proceedings;</para>
      <para num="(2)">criminal prosecution, including a prosecution initiated by a prepayable criminal citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|19|§71-2"&gt;Article 19, § 71-2 {“Prepayable criminal citations”}&lt;/cite&gt;; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">administrative proceedings, including one initiated by a prepayable environmental citation under City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1|§40-14"&gt;Article 1, § 40-14 {“Violations to which subtitle applies”}&lt;/cite&gt;.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Remedies not exclusive.">In pursuing a violation, the Floodplain Manager may use any 1 or more available remedies or enforcement actions.  The initiation of any 1 remedy or enforcement action does not preclude pursuing any other remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.  Neither damages, irreparable injury, nor the lack of an adequate remedy at law is a prerequisite to enforcement in equity.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 14-208</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
