§ 1-6. General penalty; continuing violations.
(a)
Whenever 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 whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required, other than duties of city officers and employees, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where 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 five hundred dollars ($500.00); however, any violation of a rule, ordinance or police regulation that governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). However, where an offense is one for which a penalty is fixed by state law, the penalty for such offense shall be the same as fixed by state law.
(b)
Each day any violation of this Code or other ordinance of the city shall continue shall constitute a separate offense unless otherwise provided.
(Ord. No. 83-121, § 1, 11-15-83; Ord. No. 89-97, § 1, 6-5-89)