1-4-1: GENERAL PENALTY:
Unless specifically authorized otherwise by state law or limited by state law or ordinance, a person found guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in this code or found guilty of violating any provision of this code by committing an act declared to be unlawful or otherwise prohibited, or omitting to act when required, shall, for any single offense, be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day this code is violated shall constitute a separate offense. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or state law, no sentence of imprisonment shall exceed one hundred seventy nine (179) days for any single offense or for all combined offenses consolidated at a single arraignment or trial. (Ord. C90-4, 4-10-1990)