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nance or regulation is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and such local
legislative body may provide for the punishment thereof by fine or impris-
onment or both. It is also empowered to provide civil penalties for such
violation.

In case any building or structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed,
altered, repaired, converted, or maintained, or any building, structure, or
land is used in violation of this Article or of any ordinance or other regu-
lation made under authority conferred hereby, the proper local authori-
ties of the municipality, in addition to other remedies, may institute any
appropriate action or proceedings to prevent such unlawful erection, con-
struction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or
use, to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy
of said building, structure, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct,
business, or use in or about such premises.

1927, ch. 705, sec. 9.

9. Conflict with Other Laws. Wherever the regulations made under
authority of this Article require a greater width or size of yards, courts,
or other open spaces, or require a lower height of building or less number
of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot to be left unoccupied, or
impose other higher standards than are required in any other statute or
local ordinance or regulation, the provisions of the regulations made under
authority of this Article shall govern. Wherever the provisions of any
other statute or local ordinance or regulation require a greater width or
size of yards, courts, or other open spaces, or require a lower height of
building or a less number of stories, or require a greater percentage of lot
to be left unoccupied, or impose other higher standards than are required
by the regulations made under authority of this Article, the provisions of
such statute or local ordinance or regulation shall govern.