Unless otherwise specified in this code, any person who shall violate any provision of this code shall be punished pursuant to the following general penalty provisions:
A. Penalties Assessed, County Jail Use:
1. Misdemeanor Penalties; Jail:
a. Any person who violates any provision of this code, or any city ordinance, which violation is designated a misdemeanor, shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or to imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days, or to both such fine and imprisonment. In the event of a continuing violation or failure to comply, the second and subsequent days shall constitute a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) and/or imprisonment not to exceed three hundred sixty-five (365) days, or both such fine and imprisonment. However, for any city ordinance that is identical to a state law, the penalty shall be the same as the state law.
b. All persons that are arrested in the city, convicted and subject to imprisonment, will be imprisoned in the Pacific County jail.
2. Civil Infraction: Any person violating any provision of this code which is designated a civil offense shall have committed a civil infraction, and shall be assessed a monetary penalty as follows:
a. First offense: Class 3; seventy-five ($75.00), not including statutory assessments.
b. Second offense arising out of the same facts as the first offense: Class 2; one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00), not including statutory assessments.
c. Third offense arising out of the same facts as the first offense: Class 1; three hundred ($300.00), not including statutory assessments.
B. Separate Offense: Every person violating any of the provisions of this code is guilty of a separate offense for each day during any portion of which the violation is committed, continued, or permitted by any such person.
C. Nuisance: In addition to the penalties set forth in subsection A of this section, all remedies given by law for the prevention and abatement of nuisances shall apply regardless of any other remedy 1 . (2007 Code; amd. Ord. 992, 1-19-2021)
Notes
| 1 | 1. See title 5, chapter 2 of this code. |