(A) Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or resolution of the city, or rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in him or it, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefore, the violation of any such provision of this Code, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days. Each day any violation of any provision of this Code or of any such ordinance or resolution shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) In addition to the penalty hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code or any such ordinance or resolution shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be abated as provided by law, and each day that the condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
(1977 Code, § 1-3048)
State Law Reference:
General limit on municipal penalty, S.C. Code § 5-7-30