(a) General Penalty; Sanctions; Remedies.
(1) Presumption of misdemeanor. All violations of any provision of these Codified Ordinances or any Village ordinance, unless expressly designated to be Municipal civil infractions, shall be misdemeanors.
(2) Penalty for misdemeanors. Misdemeanor violations of any provision of these Codified Ordinances or any ordinance shall be punishable by a sentence of not more than 90 days of confinement to jail, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or both, plus court costs in the court's discretion, except where otherwise provided in these Codified Ordinances or any ordinance.
(3) Sanctions for Municipal civil infractions.
A. Civil fine. The sanction for any violation of any provision of these Codified Ordinances or any ordinance, which is designated to be a Municipal civil infraction, shall be a civil fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), plus costs and other sanctions, for each offense, except where otherwise provided in these Codified Ordinances or any ordinance.
B. Repeat offenses. Increased civil fines may be imposed for a repeat offense. As used in this paragraph, "repeat offense" means a determination or admission of responsibility for a subsequent
Municipal civil infraction violation of the same provision of these Codified Ordinances or any ordinance provision committed by the same person within a three-year period, unless a different period is specified in these Codified Ordinances or any ordinance.
C. Enforcement order. In addition to ordering a defendant determined to be responsible for a Municipal civil infraction to pay a civil fine, costs, damages and expenses, the court may issue any judgment, writ or order necessary to enforce or enjoin a violation of any Village ordinance.
D. Continuing offense. Each violation, and every day upon which any such violation shall occur or continue, shall constitute a separate offense.
E. Remedies not exclusive. In addition to any remedy provided for by Village ordinance, any equitable or other remedy available may be sought.
F. Costs. The court may also impose costs, damages and expenses as provided by law.
(b) Surcharges; Equitable Remedies. The imposition of any penalty provided for in this section shall be in addition to any surcharge levied for a violation or of noncompliance with a provision of these Codified Ordinances, or a provision of a technical or other code adopted by reference in these Codified Ordinances, or a rule, regulation or order promulgated or made under authority of either, or of State law, and shall be in addition to any equitable remedy provided by a provision of these Codified Ordinances, or a provision of a technical or other code adopted by reference in these Codified Ordinances, or a rule, regulation or order promulgated or made under authority of either, or of State law, including the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.
(c) Complicity. Every person concerned in the commission of an offense under these Codified Ordinances, whether he or she directly commits the act constituting the offense or procures, counsels, aids or abets in its commission, may be prosecuted, indicted, tried and on conviction shall be punished as if he or she had directly committed such offense.
(Ord. 2000-1. Passed 2-7-00; Ord. 2002-03. Passed 5-13-02.)