§ 19-36. Violations; penalty for disregarding or removing notices or orders.

(a)

The owner of any premises containing dangerous swimming pool or open excavation who shall fail to comply with any order to secure, repair and maintain said swimming pool or open excavation by any person authorized by this article to give such order shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)

The occupant or lessee in possession, who fails to comply with any order issued under this article, and anyone having an interest in said premises as shown by the mortgage and conveyance records of the parish where the land is located, and under a legal duty to secure, repair and maintain said swimming pool or open excavation, and who fails to do so in accordance with any order given as provided for in this article, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c)

Any person removing any notice provided for in this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(d)

Each day that any violation of the above subsections continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(e)

Violation of any of the above subsections shall be punishable as provided in section 1-10 or as in section 2.5-7 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 23373, § 1, 8-20-08)