(A) It is the intention of the City Council by the enactment of § 70.20 to thereby adopt certain sections of the Minnesota Highway Regulation Act, including the punishments and penalties therein set forth, insofar as applicable to the city and in the event that the terms and conditions of this chapter are in any particular or degree inconsistent with any of those sections of the Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act, then and in that event the terms and provisions of the Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act, insofar as applicable to the city shall take precedence over the terms and conditions hereof.
(B) Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of those sections of the Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act adopted by § 70.20 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished as specified in the foregoing sections of the Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act; provided, that in the event that there is no specific provision for punishment set forth in the Minnesota Highway Traffic Regulation Act, then and in that event the person shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or by both a fine and imprisonment, for each offense.
(1973 Code, § 26-2) (Ord. 261, passed 11-18-1960) Penalty, see § 70.99