Unless otherwise provided by a specific provision in this chapter or in any other provision in this code, a violation of any provision in this chapter shall be subject to the penalty provisions of section 1-4-1 of this code. This chapter does not bar any right to, or liability for, damages or any other remedy authorized by law to be recovered or enforced in a civil action for any conduct which this chapter makes punishable as a municipal offense, and the civil injury is not merged in the municipal offense. (2006 Code §§ 6-2-1-3, 6-2-1-4)