Kansas Statutes Chapter 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-2963. Same; penalties for violations; actions for enforcement

Any county which adopts a resolution under the provisions of this act shall have power to declare the violation thereof a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine not to exceed $500 for each offense and to provide that each day's violation shall constitute a separate offense. Such counties also shall have the authority to maintain suits or actions in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of such resolution and to abate nuisances maintained in violation thereof. In case any building or structure is or is proposed to be erected, constructed, altered, converted or maintained, or any building, structure or land is or is proposed to be used in violation of any resolution enacted under this act, the county counselor or other appropriate authority of the county, and in the event the violation relates to a provision concerning floodplain zoning, the attorney general and the chief engineer of the division of water resources of the Kansas department of agriculture, in addition to other remedies, may institute injunction, mandamus, or other appropriate action or proceeding to prevent such unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, use or to correct or abate such violation or to prevent the occupancy of such building, structure or land. Any person, company, corporation, institution, municipality or agency of the state or federal government who violates any provision of a resolution relating to floodplain zoning, shall be subject to the penalties and remedies provided for herein.