A. Penalties Enumerated: Unless specifically provided elsewhere, any person found to have been in violation of any of the terms and provisions of this Code shall be fined in an amount not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). No imprisonment for failure to pay such fine, penalty or cost shall exceed six (6) months for each offense. Each day that a violation continues shall be deemed to be a separate offense. A penalty for each offense may include a requirement that the offending party perform some reasonable public service work such as, but not limited to, picking up litter in public parks or upon public highways or performing maintenance of public facilities. A violation hereof may be established by a preponderance of the evidence.
B. Incarceration For Misdemeanor: If, by the terms of an ordinance, an act that would be consistent with the criminal laws of the State, is declared to be a misdemeanor, the penalty therefor shall be for a period of incarceration in a penal institution other than the penitentiary not to exceed six (6) months. The matter shall be prosecuted under the rules of criminal procedure of the State, and the City shall be required to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. (1997 Code)
C. Minimum Fine: Whenever in this Code or any ordinance hereafter passed, a minimum but not a maximum fine or penalty is imposed, the court may, in its discretion, adjudge the offender to pay a sum of money exceeding the minimum fine or penalty so fixed, not exceeding the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). (1944 Code § 478; 1997 Code)
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