(A) Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of this City or in any rule or regulation promulgated by an officer or agency of this City, under authority vested by law, any act is prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and where no specific penalty is provided thereof, the violation of the provision shall be punished by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $75 for the first offense or for each offense in the first continuous series of offenses and by a fine of not more than $2,500 for any second or subsequent offense or for each offense in any second or subsequent continuous series of offenses.
(B) Each violation shall constitute a separate offense and each day that a violation continues, after notice of the violation is given to the responsible party, shall constitute a separate offense.
(C) The fine assessed for the violation of any ordinance shall be determined by a court of law in compliance with the provisions of the applicable code section prescribing the penalty or, if none is prescribed, then in compliance with division (A) above, depending on the nature and severity of the offense charged; provided, however, that if the violator, after receiving a complaint and summons for the ordinance violation, thereafter voluntarily complies with the provisions of the violated ordinance, admits the violation and pays the fine at the Ordinance Violation Bureau within ten days of receipt of the complaint and summons, the fine assessed shall be the minimum fine for each class of violation.
Cross-reference:
Ordinance Violation Bureau, see Title 1, Article 2, Chapter 7