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Sec. 33.1-4. Authority. The Planning Commission and the Planning Director have been established and created pursuant to the provisions of chapter 2 and chapter 40 of this Code. Pursuant to the expressed provisions of said chapters, and in accordance with the specific provisions of this chapter, the Planning Commission, the Planning Director and the City Engineer shall have the powers and duties necessary to carry out the functions assigned to them under this chapter and the Code of Virginia. Sec. 33.1-5. Violations and Penalties. (a) Any person, firm or corporation, whether as principal, Agent, employee or otherwise, violating the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than $500.00 for each lot or parcel of land so subdivided or transferred or sold. The description of such lot or parcel by metes and bounds in the instrument of transfer or other document used in the process of selling or transferring shall not exempt any transaction from such penalties or from other remedies. Each and every day any violation of this chapter shall continue shall, except as otherwise provided, constitute a separate offense. (b) Any of the following shall be a violation of this chapter and shall be subject to the enforcement remedies and penalties provided by this chapter and by state law: (1) To subdivide land without any and all necessary approvals under this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, subdividing land shall include any efforts to subdivide land, however preliminary, including, but not limited to, selling or offering to sell part of such land; (2) To engage in any development, use, construction or other activity of any nature in any way inconsistent with any subdivision plat, variance or other action approved under this chapter; (3) To violate, by act or omission, any term, condition or qualification placed by the city upon a required subdivision plat or other approval under this chapter; (4) To erect, construct, reconstruct, alter, maintain or use any building or structure or to use any land in violation or contravention of any zoning, subdivision or general regulation of this chapter or any amendment thereto; (5) To continue any of the above stated violations. Sec. 33.1-6. Administration and enforcement of chapter. The Agent is hereby delegated to administer and enforce the provisions of this chapter. The Agent shall be considered the Agent of the governing body. Notwithstanding an appeal as provided for in section 33.1-9, approval or disapproval by the Agent shall constitute approval or disapproval as though it were given by the governing body. The Agent may consult with the commission on matters contained herein and may call for written opinions or decisions from other city departments, the transportation department, and the health department in considering details of any submitted plat. Page 2 of33