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CODE ENFORCEMENT (b) For violations of Chapter 5 of the County Code, the violator or the County may seek to overturn the order of a hearing officer by making application to Miami-Dade County Court for a trial de novo on the merits. Such application shall be filed within thirty (30) calendar days of the issuance of the order sought to be overturned. A violator shall have the right to a de novo proceed- ing provided that all administrative remedies have been exhausted. Failure to make such appli- cation within the prescribed thirty-day period shall render the findings of the hearing officer conclusive, binding and final. All findings of the hearing officer shall be admissible evidence at any de novo proceeding held pursuant to this section. (c) Unless the findings of the hearing officer are overturned in a proceeding held pursuant to Section SCC-8(a), all findings of the hearing of- ficer shall be admissible in any proceeding to coUect unpaid penalties. (Ord. No. 85-33, * US), 5-21-S5; Ord. No. 86-22, ~ 1, 3-18-86; Ord. No. 90-6, f 1, 2-6-90; Ord. No. 91-127, ~ 2, 10-15-91) ~ see-lo Sec. 8CC-9. Provisions contained herein are supplemental; ,eneral penalty for failure to correct violations. (1) Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit Miami-Dade County from enforcing its Code by any other means. The enforcement pro- cedures outlined herein are cumulative to all others and shall not be deemed to be prerequisites to filing suit for the enforcement of any Section of this Code. (2) It shall be unlawful for a named violator found guilty of a code violation pursuant to Sec- tion 8CC-S(c) or Section SCC-6 to fail to correct the violation as set forth in the uniform civil violation notice and said failure shall be a sepa- rate offense punishable as set forth in Section 1-5 of the Code of Miami-Dade County, Florida. (Ord. No. S5-33, f 1(9), 5-21-S5; Ord. No. 99-55, ~ 6, 5-25-99) Sec. seC-I0. Schedule of civil penalties. The following table shows the sections of this Code, as they may be amended from time to time, which may be enforced pursuant to the provisions of this chapter; and the dollar amount of civil penalty for the violation of these sections as they may be amended. The "descriptions of violations" below are for informational purposes only and are not meant to limit or define the nature of the violations or the subject matter of the listed Code sections, except to the extent that different types of violations of the same Code section may carry different civil penalties. For each Code section listed in the schedule of civil penalties, the entirety of that section may be enforced by the mechanism provided in this Chapter ace, regardless of whether all acttvities proscribed or required within that particular section are described in the "Description of Violation" column. To determine the exact nature of any activity proscribed or required by this Code, the relevant Code section must be examined. Code Section Description of Vwlation Civil Penalty 2-S.1 2-100ldl Disclosing false information Illegal object(s) in the right-of-way not conforming with Public Works Manual $ 500.00 200.00 Supp. No. 26 1272.1