(A) Whenever in this code or in any ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order promulgated by any agency or officer thereof under authority duly vested in him, her or it, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required, where no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of any provisions of this code, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 plus assessments required by the State of South Carolina or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding 30 days, or both. No penalty shall exceed the penalty provided by state law for similar offenses. Each day any violation of this code or any ordinance, rule or regulation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) (1) Whenever in this code or in any ordinance or resolution of the city, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in the code, ordinance or resolution, the doing of any act required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any ordinance, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 plus assessments required by the State of South Carolina or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 30 days. Each day any violation of any provision of this code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(2) In addition to the penalty herein above provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code, or any such ordinance or resolution, shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by the city, abated as provided by law, and each day that the condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
(1985 Code, § 1-6) (Ord. 93-005A, passed 8-30-1993)
Statutory references:
Authority, see S.C. Code § 5-7-30
Limitation on fine and term of imprisonment, see S.C. Code § 5-7-30
Maximum penalties that Municipal Judge may impose, see S.C. Code § 14-25-65