Connecticut § 15-97 - Penalty.

§ 15-97. Penalty.

Sec. 15-97. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 15-88 to 15-96, inclusive, or any regulation, order, zoning ordinance or ruling promulgated or made pursuant thereto, shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense. In addition, either the municipality within which the property is located or the executive director may institute, in any court of competent jurisdiction, an action to prevent, restrain, correct or abate any violation thereof, or of airport zoning regulations adopted thereunder, or of any order or ruling made in connection with their administration or enforcement, and the court shall adjudge to the plaintiff such relief, by way of injunction, which may be mandatory, or otherwise, as may be proper under all the facts and circumstances of the case, in order fully to effectuate the purpose of said sections and of the regulations adopted and orders and rulings made pursuant thereto.

(1953, S. 2422d; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 193; P.A. 12-80, S. 145; P.A. 15-192, S. 48.)

History: 1969 act replaced “commission”, referring to aeronautics commission, with “commissioner”, referring to commissioner of transportation; P.A. 12-80 designated existing penalty provision as Subdiv. (1) and amended same to replace penalty of a fine of not more than $25 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250 as penalty for a first offense and added Subdiv. (2) making penalty for any subsequent offense a class D misdemeanor; P.A. 15-192 replaced “commissioner” with “executive director”, effective July 2, 2015.

Cited. 185 C. 145.