§ 93.999 PENALTY.
   (A)   Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter for which no other penalty is set forth, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in the sum not to exceed $500. Each day of violation shall be deemed a separate offense. ('74 Code, § 15-20) (Ord. G-21-78, passed 7-25-78)
   (B)   (1)   To vindicate the public interest, the Commission may assess a civil penalty against the respondent in § 93.103 in an amount that does not exceed the following:
         (a)   $10,000 if the respondent has not been adjudged by order of the Commission or a court to have committed a prior discriminatory housing practice.
         (b)   Except as provided by division (B)(2), $25,000 if the respondent has been adjudged by order of the Commission or court to have committed one discriminatory housing practice during the five year period ending on the date of the filing of the finding of reasonable cause.
         (c)   Except as provided by division (B)(2), $50,000 if the respondent has been adjudged by order of the Commission or a court to have committed two or more discriminatory housing practices during the seven year period ending on the date of the filing of the finding of reasonable cause.
      (2)   If the acts constituting the discriminatory housing practice that is the object of the finding of reasonable cause are committed by the same individual in § 93.103, who has been previously adjudged to have committed acts constituting a discriminatory housing practice, the civil penalties in divisions (B)(1)(b) and (B)(1)(c) may be imposed without regard to the period of time within which any other discriminatory housing practice occurred.
   (C)   To vindicate the public interest, the court in § 93.113 may assess a civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed the following:
      (1)   $50,000 for a first violation.
      (2)   $100,000 for a second or subsequent violation.