(A) Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the city, or in any rule or regulation promulgated by an officer or agency thereof, under authority invested by law or ordinance, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or the doing of an act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of such a provision of this code, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,500. Every day any violation of this code or any ordinance, rule or regulation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) In cases where a previous conviction exists under division (A) of this section, the violation of this second (or subsequent) provision of code, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $7,500. Continuing violations shall constitute a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 10.99) (Ord. 4832, passed 7-11-1983; Am. Ord. 8783, passed 9-11-2006)