A. Treatment as Civil Violation. A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be prosecuted as a civil offense, and the hearing officer shall impose a civil sanction of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than three hundred dollars, for each violation.
B. Habitual Offender. An “habitual offender” is a person who commits a violation of any provision of this chapter, after having previously been found responsible for two or more violations within a twenty-four-month period, whether by admission, by payment of the fine, by default or judgment after hearing. For purposes of this section, the dates of calculating the twenty-four-month period shall be the dates of commission of the offenses. Offenses committed by habitual offenders, as defined herein, shall be treated as a Class 1 misdemeanor, punishable by a sentence of incarceration not to exceed six months, a fine not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars (exclusive of penalty assessments prescribed by law), or both.
C. Separate Offenses. Each day a violation continues or exists shall be considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 1397.09.04 § 1 (part), 2006)