(A) General penalty.
(1) Unless otherwise specified, any person or other entity who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is responsible for a municipal civil infraction, as defined by state law, and subject to a civil fine determined in accordance with the following schedule:
Minimum Fine | Maximum Fine | |
1st violation/citation | $50 | $100 |
2nd violation/citation for same offense | $250 | $400 |
3rd violation/citation for same offense | $500 | $500 |
4th violation/citation for same offense | $500 | $500 |
(2) Additionally, the violator shall pay costs, which may include all direct or indirect expenses to which the township has been put in connection with the violation. A violator of this chapter shall also be subject to additional sanctions, remedies and judicial orders as are authorized under state law. Each day a violation of this chapter continues to exist constitutes a separate violation.
(B) Medical marihuana. A violation of §§ 155.470 – 155.481 shall be a civil infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $250. Any further violation of that subchapter shall be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
(Ord. 06-14-Z, passed 10-3-2006; Ord. 06-14, passed 10-17-2006; Ord. 21-04, passed 7-19-2021)