Wherever in this code or in any ordinance or resolution of the Council or in any rule, regulation, notice or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in him, her or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of any such provision of this code or of any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, notice or order shall be punished by a reasonable fine, not exceeding an amount set by Council from time to time or by imprisonment for a term not to exceed 30 days or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation of this code or of any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute, except where otherwise provided, a separate offense.
(1991 Code, § 1-7)
Charter reference:
Penalties for violations of election laws, see Char. § 11
Penalty for violating W.Va. Code § 61-7-1, and duty of county prosecuting attorney to prosecute if requested by Mayor, see Char. § 28, subsec. (43)
Sentences by Mayor to imprisonment being limited to 30 days, see Char. § 20
Cross-reference:
Statutory reference:
State law as to penalties authorized to be imposed, subject to certain limitations, for violations of municipal ordinances and means available to municipalities for the recovery thereof, see W.Va. Code §§ 8-11-1, 8-12-5(55)