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. stopped until an approved plan and any required permits have been obtained. Such an order shall be served upon the owner by registered or certified mail to the address specified in the permit application or the land records of the City. The owner may appeal the issuance of an order to the Portsmouth Circuit Court. Any person violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to obey an order issued by the Plan- approving authority may be compelled in a proceeding instituted in the Portsmouth Circuit Court to obey same and to comply therewith by injunction, mandamus or other appropriate remedy. Upon completion and approval of corrective action or obtaining an approved plan or any required permits, the order shall immediately be lifted. Nothing in this section shall prevent the Plan-approving authority from taking any other action authorized by this article. Section 11-7. Violations, penalties, legal remedies. (a) Violators of this ordinance shall be guilty ofa Class 1 misdemeanor. (b) The Plan-approving authority or the owner of property which has sustained damage or which is in imminent danger of being damaged, may apply to the Circuit Court to enjoin a violation or a threatened violation of this article, without the necessity of showing that an adequate remedy at law does not exist. . However, an owner of property shall not apply for injunctive relief unless (i) he has notified in writing the alleged violator, and the program authority, that a violation of the local program has caused, or creates a probability of causing, damage to his property, and (ii) neither the alleged violator nor the program authority has taken corrective action within fifteen days to eliminate the conditions which have caused, or create the probability of causing, damage to his property. (c) In addition to any criminal penalties provided under this ordinance, any person who violates any provision of this article may be liable to the City in a civil action for damages. (d) Without limiting the remedies which may be obtained in this section, any person violating or failing, neglecting, or refusing to obey any injunction, mandamus or other remedy obtained pursuant to this section shall be subject, in the discretion ofthe court, to a civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for each violation. The City may bring a civil action for such violation or failure. Any civil penalties assessed by a court shall be paid into the treasury of the City of Portsmouth, except that where the violator is the locality itself, or its agent, the court shall direct the penalty to be paid into the state treasury. (e) With the consent of any person who has violated or failed, neglected or refused to obey any regulation or condition of a permit or any provision ofthis article, the City may provide for the payment of civil charges for violations in specific sums, not to exceed the limit specified in . 10