1. Definition: When an act or omission is declared by ordinance to be a public offense, or to be unlawful, said act or omission is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and the act or omission is punishable as a misdemeanor.
2. Penalty: Every person who shall be convicted of a misdemeanor, shall, unless a different punishment be prescribed by the ordinance, be punished by paying a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), and/or confinement in jail for a period not to exceed six (6) months for any one offense, recoverable with costs, and in default of payment of the fine, shall be confined in jail at the rate of one day for each thirty five dollars ($35.00) of such fine and costs until the same, by such rate per day, shall equal the amount of the fine and costs. (1974 Code § 1-1704; amd. 2010 Code)
B. Infraction 2 : When the offense is designated as an infraction by any section or provision of this Code or by State law, it is punishable only by a penalty not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00) plus court costs and fees, and no incarceration may be imposed. If not otherwise set forth in this Code or by ordinance or State law, any person found guilty of an infraction shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) plus court costs and fees. (Ord. 991, 10-11-2018)
C. Federally Mandated Programs: When this City is participating in a Federally mandated program, wherein penalties or enforcement remedies are required by the terms of participation in the program, the City may enforce such requirements by ordinance, to include a criminal or civil monetary penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisonment for criminal offenses not to exceed six (6) months, or to include both a fine and imprisonment for criminal offenses. (2010 Code)
D. Failure To Appear Or Obey: The failure of any person to appear at the time indicated on an infraction citation, or failure to otherwise obey an infraction citation, shall be a misdemeanor and subject to the penalty provided in subsection A of this section. (Ord. 991, 10-11-2018)
Notes
| 1 | 1. IC §§ 18-111B, 18-113, 50-302. |
| 2 | 2. IC § 18-113A. |