Boonville Enforcement, Violation and Penalty ordinance (Appendix C, Section 9.6)
Appendix C: Zoning · Part 9. Enforcement of the Ordinance
In short: Zoning violations are a misdemeanor with a fine of $10.00 to $100.00 for each day, and ignoring an order to remove one within ten days adds a $250.00 civil penalty.
Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.
The owner or agent of a building or premises in or upon which a violation of any provision of this Ordinance has been committed or shall exist, or the lessee or tenant of an entire building or entire premises in or upon which violation has been committed or shall exist, or the agent, architect, building contractor or any other person who commits, takes part in or assists in any violation or who maintains any building or premises in or upon which such violation shall exist, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10.00 and not more than $100.00 for each and every day that such violation continues; but if the offense be willful, on conviction thereof, the punishment shall be a fine of not less than $50.00 nor more than $100.00 for each and every day that such violation shall continue or by imprisonment for ten days for each and every day such violation shall continue or by both such fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court. Any such person, having been served with an order to remove any such violation, failing to comply with said order within ten days after such notice or continuing to violate any provision of the regulations made under authority of this Ordinance in the respect named in such order, shall also be subject to a civil penalty of $250.00.
Official source: City of Boonville official Code of Ordinances (online): look up Sec. 9.6
Text from Supplement 8 (December 2025), through Ordinance 4678 of December 16, 2024.
Last checked October 30, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.