(A) General penalty.
(1) Whenever in any provision or this code or other ordinance of the town any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful, a misdemeanor or an offense or whenever in any such provision or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is otherwise provided therefor, any person, upon conviction for the violation of any such provision of this code or ordinances, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense. Each day any violation of any provision of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) In the construction and interpretation of this section, the revocation of a license or permit shall not be considered as a recovery or penalty so as to bar any other penalty being enforced.
(Prior Code, § 1.08.010)
(B) Execution of a fine.
(1) If the judgment is for a fine alone, execution may issue thereon as on a judgment in a civil case.
(2) If the judgment is for a fine and imprisonment until the fine be paid, the defendant must be committed to the custody of the proper officer, and by him or her detained until the judgment is complied with. The imprisonment must not exceed one day for every $10 of the fine.
(Prior Code, § 1.08.020)