§ 71.99 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99.
   (B)   Any owner and/or operator who is found to be in contravention of § 71.01 shall be deemed to have committed a Class C infraction, and may be fined in a sum of up to and including, but not exceeding $500, and the County Attorney is hereby ordered and directed to initiate appropriate legal action against any person found to be in contravention of § 71.01, upon being presented a complaint and summons by the County Sheriff’s Department to be pursued as a civil matter in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county.
   (C)   Any owner and/or operator who is found to be in contravention of § 71.02 shall be deemed to have committed a Class C infraction, and may be fined in a sum of up to and including, but not exceeding $500, and the County Attorney is hereby ordered and directed to initiate appropriate legal action against any person found to be in contravention of § 71.02, upon being presented a complaint and summons by the County Sheriff’s Department, to be pursued as a civil matter in a court of competent jurisdiction in the county.
   (D)   Any violation of any provision of §§ 71.15 through 71.19 shall be a Class B infraction for the first violation, and a Class A infraction for each and every violation thereafter. Each and every infringement of any provision of §§ 71.15 through 71.19 shall constitute a separate and distinct violation. If any owner or operator of any horse-drawn vehicle refuses to lift the horse’s hoof for a shoe inspection or refuses to take the horse to another place for inspection shall be considered in violation of the terms of §§ 71.15 through 71.19, and subject to the same penalties.
(Ord. 93-7, passed 11-8-1993; Ord. 2005-1, passed 1-10-2005; Ord. 2008-6, passed 8-25-2008)