§ 9.23. Penalties for violation of zoning ordinance.
The council may in the zoning ordinance provide that penalties, civil or criminal, as provided in § 2.06 of this charter shall be imposed for violations of the ordinance by owners of land, buildings or structures, their agents having possession or control of such property, lessees, tenants, architects, builders, contractors or any other persons, firms or corporations who take part in or assist in any such violations or who maintain any land, building or structure in which such violations exist. This section shall preempt all provisions of general law authorizing the establishment of penalties for the violation of the zoning ordinance. (Acts 1992, ch. 512, § 1; Acts 2004, Ch. 511, § 1)