A. No person shall violate or fail to comply with any provision or requirement of this code. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision or requirement of this code, or a condition of any permit issued pursuant to this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless: 1) such a violation or failure is designated as an infraction or is subsequently prosecuted as an infraction, in which case such person is guilty of an infraction; or 2) such a violation or failure is prosecuted as a civil administrative action pursuant to article 3 of this chapter. Any person who fails to pay an administrative fine or to comply with an administrative order is guilty of a misdemeanor as provided for in article 3 of this chapter.
B. Any violation of any provision of this code may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor, as an infraction, or as a civil administrative action in the discretion of the city attorney or city prosecutor. (1962 Code § 1-4.01; amd. Ord. 00-O-2356, eff. 11-3-2000)