Chapter 1.16
GENERAL PENALTY

Sections:

1.16.010    General penalty designated.

1.16.010 General penalty designated.

A.    Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city is guilty of an infraction, unless the violation is specifically classified as a misdemeanor or as a misdemeanor which may, in the discretion of the enforcing authority, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction.

B.    Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

C.    Any person convicted of an infraction for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by:

1.    A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation;

2.    A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; and

3.    A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

D.    A separate offense is committed each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted, and each violation is punishable as a separate offense. (Ord. 627 § 1, 2001; Ord. 495 § 2, 1989: Ord. 444 § 1, 1987)