(A) Any person convicted of violating any ordinances of the municipality who fails to pay the fine and costs of court as imposed by the Mayor shall be confined to a suitable place imprisonment until such time as he or she has remained in confinement a sufficient length of time, receiving credit at the rate of $25 per day, to have paid the fine and costs in full, unless such fine and costs are suspended.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A) above, the Mayor, in his or her discretion and with the consent of the convicted person, may allow the convicted person to perform labor in the service of the municipality and within the municipality limits, with credit being given against such fine and costs at the rate of $4.25 or minimum wage per hour.
(C) No such convicted person so employed under the provisions of division (B) above, shall be required to work more than eight hours per day, nor does such work need to be performed on consecutive days.
(D) The Mayor, at his or her discretion, may give any person who is sentenced to three days or more, and who performs labor in lieu of incarceration, the option to substitute a payment of $25 per day for up to 1/3 of the sentence, provided the first two-thirds of the sentence is served with good behavior, and provided the time off does not reduce any sentence requiring a minimum number of days to less than the minimum.
(1995 Code, § 132.19) (Ord. 95-O-04, passed 3-27-1995)