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receiving a notice from the Director of Public Safety as set forth in Section 1359.08 above, the owner of any unoccupied commercial building shall guarantee such maintenance by posting a cash bond or negotiable securities in the amount of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), which shall be subject to the procedure herein. The property maintenance bond shall remain at the disposal of the Director of Public Safety, while the building remains unoccupied, to provide payment for such maintenance, abatement of any nuisance or to remedy any violation of this chapter pursuant to Section 1359.06. The ten-day notice to correct and abate as required by Section 1359.06 shall include a warning that, if the owner fails to comply, the owner's bond shall be expended to correct or abate the violation. (b) The bond shall be filed with the Director of Finance and maintained in a special account, available for disbursement to pay maintenance costs deemed necessary to remedy violations and as requisitioned by the Director of Public Safety. If the bond is expended to remedy any violation, the owner shall, upon notice of such deficiency, replenish the bond to the full amount of $1,000.00. The Director of Finance shall release and refund the entire bond (or any balance remaining after deductions to remedy violations) to the owner only upon the Building Commissioner's verification of the occupancy of the building and only upon the owner's full compliance with this chapter and full satisfaction of all costs or expenses to remedy violations. (Ord. 2003-92. Passed 6-17-03.) 1359.99 PENALTY. Whoever violates or fails to comply with any provision of this chapter is guilty of a minor misdemeanor for the first offense and shall be fined not less than forty-nine dollars ($49.00) for each and every violation. The Court shall consider each and every day that a violation persists as a continuing violation and may impose an additional fine of forty-nine dollars ($49.00) per day. Following conviction for any violation of this chapter, subsequent offenses shall be cited as a misdemeanor of the third degree, and upon conviction, the Court is hereby authorized to require compliance with this chapter and/or grant the City restitution for any and all costs or expenses incurred to remedy the violation or abate any nuisance on the property. (Ord. 2003-92. Passed 6-17-03.) 2004 Replacement