Except as otherwise set forth herein or under any specific provision of the city ordinances of the city of Flora, Illinois, any person convicted of a violation of any section or provision of this code shall be guilty of a petty offense if the violation is prosecuted by the state of Illinois. Any person so convicted of a petty offense under this code shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and no more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). The provisions of this section shall not apply to nor affect the ordinances prosecuted under the administrative adjudication or the code hearing departments as set forth in 65 Illinois Compiled Statutes 5/1-2.1-1 et seq., and 5/1-2.2-1 et seq.
Any ordinance violation under this code of the city of Flora, Illinois, which is prosecuted under the administrative adjudication of the municipal code violations (Title 1, Chapter 12 of the city code) or under the hearing proceedings and enforcement of the building, housing and zoning ordinance violations (Title 1, Chapter 11 of the city code) shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and no more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00). Any violation of a city ordinance which is a repeat of the same ordinance within a twelve (12) month period after the filing of the first ordinance violation shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) and no more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) and any third violation of the same ordinance within a twelve (12) month period from the date of filing of the first violation shall result in a fine of not less than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00).
(Ord. 99-1561, 12-20-1999; amd. Ord. 10-2329, 4-19-2010)