(a) Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the city any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and when no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any ordinance shall be a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days or both. Each day any violation of any provision of this code or of any ordinance continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) In addition to the penalties set forth in subsection (a) of this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code or any ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by the city, abated as provided by law and each day that such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
(1958 Code, § 1.07) (Ord. 69-52, passed 7-7-1969; Ord. 77-68, passed 10-3-1977; Ord. 83-35, passed 9-12-1983; Ord. 2007-36, passed 10-22-2007; Ord. 2016-24, passed 10-24-2016)