(a) Whenever, in the Codified Ordinances or in any ordinance of the Municipality, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is otherwise provided, whoever violates any such provision shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day any such violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) The imposition of a jail sentence or a period of imprisonment in jail as a penalty or punishment for offenses against, or violations of, the Codified Ordinances or any ordinances of the City is hereby eliminated or repealed, except to the extent that any such imprisonment or period of confinement in jail shall relate to matters involving contempt of the Municipal Court or as may be otherwise specifically required by law. All other fines, penalties, or punishments for offenses against, or violations of, the Codified Ordinances of the City or any ordinances of the City shall remain in full force and effect. (Ord. 1-01. Passed 2-2-01.)