§ 13.15. Penalty for delinquent payment of fees.

After receiving written notice from the health officer, any person who fails for a period of thirty clays to file an application and obtain a health permit required by this article there shall be added to and collected with the inspection fee a penalty equal to ten per cent of the fee or one dollar whichever is the greater and for each additional month or fraction of a month after the expiration of the thirty-day period that the applicant fails to file such application and obtain such permit there shall be added to and collected with the inspection fee an additional penalty equal to ten per cent of the inspection fee; provided, that in no event shall the total penalty added to the inspection fee pursuant to this section be more than sixty per cent of the inspection fee. The imposition or payment of the penalty imposed by this section shall not prevent the imposition of any other penalty prescribed by any local ordinance or a criminal prosecution for violation of this article. (Ord. No. 805, § 2.09.)