§ 45-23-59. Administration — Violations and penalties.
(a) Local regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall provide for a penalty for
any violation of the local regulations, or for a violation of any terms or conditions
of any action imposed by the planning board or of any other agency or officer charged
in the regulations with enforcement of any of the provisions.
(b) Violation of the regulations include any action related to the transfer or sale of
land in unapproved subdivisions. Any owner, or agent of the owner, who transfers,
sells or negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of
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§ 45-23-59. Administration — Violations and penalties.
(a) Local regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter shall provide for a penalty for
any violation of the local regulations, or for a violation of any terms or conditions
of any action imposed by the planning board or of any other agency or officer charged
in the regulations with enforcement of any of the provisions.
(b) Violation of the regulations include any action related to the transfer or sale of
land in unapproved subdivisions. Any owner, or agent of the owner, who transfers,
sells or negotiates to sell any land by reference to or exhibition of, or by other
use, a plat of the subdivision before the plat has been approved by the planning board
and recorded in the municipal land evidence records, is in violation of the local
regulations and subject to the penalties described in this chapter.
(c) The penalty for violation shall reasonably relate to the seriousness of the offense,
and shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) for each violation, and each day
of existence of any violation is deemed to be a separate offense. Any fine shall inure
to the municipality.
(d) The municipality may also cause suit to be brought in the supreme or superior court,
or any municipal court, including a municipal housing court having jurisdiction in
the name of the municipality, to restrain the violation of, or to compel compliance
with, the provisions of its local regulations. A municipality may consolidate an action
for injunctive relief and/or fines under the local regulations in the superior court
of the county in which the subject property is located.