§ 110.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
   (B)   (1)   Any person who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to make any return required by §§ 110.01 to 110.08, or any employer who shall fail to withhold the license fees under the terms of §§ 110.01 to 110.08, or to pay over to the county government fees so withheld, or any person who shall refuse to permit the Director of Finance or any agency or employee designated by him or her, in writing, to examine his or her books, records, papers, or who shall knowingly make any incomplete, false, or fraudulent return, or who shall attempt to do anything whatever to avoid the full disclosure of earnings or profits in order to avoid the payment of the whole or any part of the license fee shall, upon conviction, be subject for each offense to a fine or penalty not to exceed $500 and/or imprisonment for a period not to exceed one year. The defendant shall, upon conviction, pay all court costs for each offense.
      (2)   Any person who shall engage in the occupations without first obtaining the required license under the terms of this chapter, or who shall fail to pay the required license fee when the same shall be due shall, upon conviction, be subject for each offense to a fine or penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $500 and/or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 12 months. Each day that any person continues to operate without the required license shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 60.999)
   (C)   (1)   Any violation of § 110.21 shall be considered a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in the county detention center and fine up to and not to exceed $500.
      (2)   Any violation of § 110.21(I) shall be punishable by a fine of $1,000 per occurrence or per day of a violation.
      (3)   Any violation of § 110.22 shall be considered a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in the county detention center and fine up to and not to exceed $500.
(Ord. 86-2, passed 5-14-1986; Ord. 2018-20, passed 9-26-2018)