(A) Every person violates a section, division, paragraph or provision of this chapter when he or she performs an act thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, fails to act when the failure is thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, performs an act prohibited or declared unlawful or fails to act when the failure is prohibited or declared unlawful by a code adopted by reference by this chapter, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor except as otherwise stated in specific provisions hereof.
(B) (1) Whereas the city deems synthetic and alternative drugs dangerous and detrimental to the citizens, guests, and fabric of the community of the city, it bans the sale, possession, transfer and/or manufacturing of synthetic drugs or alternative drugs. Every person violates a section, division, paragraph, or provision of §§ 130.60 or 130.61 when he or she performs an act thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, or fails to act when the failure is thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as for a misdemeanor except as otherwise stated in specific provisions hereof.
(2) In addition to division (B)(1) above, a civil penalty of each offense shall be as follows: $100 for the first offense; $300 for the second offense; $500 for the third offense; $800 for the fourth offense; and $1,000 for every offense thereafter.
(1989 Code, § 10.99) (Ord. 70, passed 9-2-2014)