If 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 if in this Code or those ordinances, the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, then the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00); providing, however, that any violation of an ordinance governing fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation shall be punished by a maximum fine of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00); provided, however, that if the minimum or maximum penalty provided by this Code for any such offense is less or greater than the maximum penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the State 1 , then the minimum or maximum penalty for violation as provided by State statute shall be the minimum or maximum penalty under this Code. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance continues shall constitute a separate offense. (1994 Code)
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| 1 | 1. V.T.C.A., Local Government Code §54.001 et seq. |