§ 1-6. General penalty; continuing violations; license revocation, etc.  


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  • (a)

    When in this Code or in any ordinance of the city an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $500.00; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

    (b)

    When in this Code or in any ordinance of the city an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful and the offense is punishable by a fine exceeding $500.00, yet no culpable mental state is prescribed as an element necessary for conviction of that unlawful act, then a person shall be considered to have committed an unlawful act if it can be shown that he acted with knowledge with respect to the nature of his conduct or to circumstances surrounding his conduct.

    (c)

    The suspension, revocation, cancellation or denial of any license, permit or certificate by the city shall not prohibit the imposition of any civil or criminal penalty. The imposition of a civil or criminal penalty by the city shall not prohibit the suspension, revocation, cancellation or denial of any license, permit or certificate.

(Code 1968, § 1-7; Ord. No. 92-1449, § 2, 11-4-92; Ord. No. 06-263, § 2, 3-22-06)

Charter reference

Penalties for ordinance violations, Art. II, § 12.

Cross reference

Application of state law to judgments, executions and fine collections, § 16-75; assessment of fines against corporations, 16-76; payment of fines, § 16-78; credit against fines for incarceration, § 35-6 et seq.