(A) Unless another penalty is expressly provided by this code for any particular provision or section, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of this code or any rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 and costs of prosecution or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both the fine and imprisonment; unless there is a fine or penalty specifically set forth in the ordinance which provides for a greater penalty, and in that event, the greater penalty shall control. Each act of violation and every day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any section of this code whether or not the penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance.
(B) (1) Pursuant to § 21 of the Charter Township Act of the State of Michigan, being M.C.L.A. §§ 42.1 et seq., specifically § 42.21, all fines collected for violation of ordinances of the Charter Township of Clayton shall be distributed as provided in Public Act 236 of 1961, § 8379, being M.C.L.A. § 600.8379.
(2) In any codifications of compilations hereinafter effected with respect to the ordinances of the Charter Township, all penalty clauses shall be adjusted and restated as above set forth.
(Ord. 322, passed 1-13-1991)