17.12.050 Penalties.
   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership, or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter or the code adopted hereby. Unless a violation is specifically designated as an infraction, any person, firm, partnership, or corporation violating any provision of this chapter or the code adopted hereby or failing to comply with any of the requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by imprisonment. Each such person, firm, partnership, or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the code adopted hereby is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, partnership, or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable therefor as provided in this chapter.
   (b)   Civil Remedies Available. A violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the code adopted hereby shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the city through civil process by means of restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or in any other manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisance.
(Ord. 727-U, § 9 (part), 2022; Ord. 713-U, § 9 (part), 2020)