Any person, partnership, organization, firm or corporation, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating any provision (s) of this Ordinance or any condition imposed on an entitlement, permit, or license, or violating or failing to comply with any order made hereunder, shall be guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by (1) a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the second violation of the same provision of this Ordinance within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each violation of the same provision of this Ordinance within one year.  The phrase “violation of the same Ordinance” as used in this section means and refers to a violation of the same numbered section of the Tulare Zoning Ordinance.  In addition, each day such violation continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

The City may impose fees on applicants to cover the full costs incurred by the City for the monitoring and enforcement of the requirements of this Ordinance as well as those conditions and mitigation measures imposed on an approved permit or license.