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(B)<I) If a Code Enforcement Officer has reason to believe that the violation re resents a serious threat to the ublic health, safe or welfare, .. or if the violation is an Uncorrectable Violation as defined a9Ewe the eell'0etieR licable and the Netiee ef VielatieR immediately. Section 4. Section 8 of the original ordinance as amended entitled "Civil Penalties and Related Terms Construed" is amended as follows: (A) Penalties for violations of the provisions to be enforced through this Ordinance shall be in the amounts prescribed in the schedule of civil penalties contained in Section 15 of this Ordinance. Provided however, that the maximum civil penalty shall be $250 for a single violation. If the violation is continuing or repetitive, a single violation will occur each day beyond the time for correction set forth in the civil violation notice. (B) For each day of a Continued Violation, an additional penalty in the same amount as that prescribed for in the original violation shall be added. (C) Civil penalties assessed pursuant to this section are due and payable to the City of Sunny Isles Beach on the last da of the eriod allowed for the filing of an appeal from the hear..Bg effieer s decision, or, if~ appeal is made, when the appeal has been finally decided adversely to the named violator. (D) For the first Repeat Violation, the amount of the civil penalty shall be double the amount of the penalty prescribed for the original violation by Section 15 of this Ordinance. The amount of civil penalty due for each subsequent Repeat Violation shall be double the amount of penalty due for the first day of the immediately preceding violation, provided that the maximum penalty payable for the first day of anyone Repeat Violation shall be $500.00. (E) A Repeat Violation which remains uncorrected beyond the time prescribed for correction in the Civil Violation Notice shall be treated as a Continuing Violation, and the additional penalty for each day of continued violation shall be double the amount due for the first day of the Repeat Violation. (F) A Repeat Violation includes a violation committed by an entity which has one or more officers, major shareholders or general partners in common with another entity which violated the same code provision within five (5) years of the current violation. For purposes of this Section a major shareholder shall be one who owns at least 25% of the shares of that corporation. This paragraph shall apply only where the common officer (s), major 098-21 Code Enf. Amendment 4