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ARTICLE 50 ENFORCEMENT SECTION 50.1 Enforcement. (a) Responsibility for the enforcement of this ordinance shall be with the Planning Director. All officials, employees and departments of the City shall assist the Planning Director and shall issue no permit, certificate or license for any use, building, structure, or purpose in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance. (b) It shall be the responsibility of the Building Inspector to enforce the provisions of this ordinance in connection with the issuance of permits for the erection, construction, moving, altera- tion or reconstruction of any building or structure. (c) Every permit, certificate or license issued by any official, employee or department of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be null and void. SECTION 50.2 violation a Public Nuisance. Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, and any use of land, building, or premise established, conducted, operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. SECTION 50.3 Duty of City Attorney. The City Attorney of the City shall, upon order of the Council, immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment of any violation of this ordinance, in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove such building or structure and restrain and enjoin any person, firm or corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building or structure or using property contrary to the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 50.4 Remedies Cumulative. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive. SECTION 50.5 Violation a Misdemeanor. Any person, firm or corporation whether as principal, agent, employee, or otherwise, violating or causing the violating of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon con- viction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. SECTION 50.6 Each Day a Separate Offense. Each day during any portion of which any violation of this ordinance is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation, shall constitute a separate offense and shall be punishable as herein provided. 90