(A) Every person violates a section, division or provision of this title when he or she performs an act thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, or fails to act when that failure is thereby prohibited or declared unlawful.
(B) Upon conviction of the above, the person shall be punished as follows.
(1) Where the specific section, division or provision specifically makes violation a misdemeanor, the person shall be punished as for a misdemeanor; where a violation is committed in a manner or under circumstances so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person or property, the person shall be punished as for a misdemeanor; where the person stands convicted of violation of any provision of this title, exclusive of violations relating to the standing or parking of an unattended vehicle, within the immediate preceding 12-month period for the third or subsequent time, that person shall be punished as for a misdemeanor.
(2) As to any violations not constituting a misdemeanor under the provisions of division (B)(1) above, the person shall be punished as for a petty misdemeanor.
(2004 Code, § 70.07) Penalty, see § 10.99