Except as provided in CMC 17.34.190, all purchasers or transferees of illegally divided property shall comply with the provisions of this chapter and each purchaser or transferee may recover his damages from any person, firm, corporation or agent selling or transferring land in violation of this chapter, including any amount reasonably spent as a result of inability to obtain any development permit and spent to conform to the requirements of this chapter as well as the cost of investigation, suit, and reasonable attorney’s fees occasioned thereby. Such purchaser or transferee may as an alternative to conforming to these requirements, rescind the sale or transfer and recover costs of investigation, suit, and reasonable attorney’s fees occasioned thereby. (Ord. 665 § 20, 2022)