Chapter 1.16
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION

Sections:

1.16.010    Penalty.

1.16.020    Disposition of fines and forfeitures.

1.16.010 Penalty.

Whenever in this code or in any other ordinance of the City, or any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided for, the violation of any such provision of this code or any other ordinance of the City shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor may, in the discretion of the City Attorney, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this code shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $100.00 for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $200.00 for a second violation of the same provision within one year, and a fine not exceeding $500.00 for each additional violation of the same provision within one year; specific fines and bail schedule to be set by resolution of the City Council.

Every day any violation of this code or any other ordinance of the City shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. [Ord. 814 § 1, 1987; Ord. 541 § 1, 1975].

1.16.020 Disposition of fines and forfeitures.

All fines and forfeitures collected upon conviction or upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation of any provision of this code or any other ordinance of the City shall be paid into the City treasury. [Ord. 814 § 1, 1987; Ord. 25 § 2].