§ 8.44.050. Penalties.

The Porter County health officer is hereby authorized and empowered to impose a civil penalty on any person or entity found to be in violation of the regulatory provisions of this section. Upon a finding of a violation, the violator may be assessed and penalized for the first offense by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00); for the commission of a second offense within twelve (12) calendar months by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); and for a third offense and each subsequent offenses within twelve (12) calendar months by a fine of not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). Each day of operation of a permitted tattoo parlor/body piercing facility in violation of this section or after the expiration of the time limit for abating an unsanitary condition as ordered by the Porter County health officer shall constitute a distinct and separate offense.

(Ord. No. 13-13, § 5, 11-5-13)