Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the City Council an act is prohibited or made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000.00 in all cases arising under ordinances governing fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, and not exceeding $500.00 in all other cases; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. No. 676, § 1, 5-13-69; Amended 3-11-86, Ord. No. 1821; Amended 9-26-91, Ord. No. 2178)