(A) Wherever in this code any act is prohibited or is made to be unlawful, an offense, or a misdemeanor, or wherever in this code the doing of any act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision or of any such ordinance is classified as a violation in accordance with Kentucky Revised Statutes (“KRS”) 534.040, and any violator shall be fined as set forth in KRS 83A.065 at an amount not to exceed $250. Each day any violation of any provision of this code shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) When an offense is designated by ordinance as a misdemeanor, a criminal fine not to exceed $500 as set forth in KRS 534.040(2)(a) or a term of imprisonment not to exceed a term of 12 months as set forth in KRS 532.090(1), or both may be imposed for the offense, unless the misdemeanor is specified as a Class B misdemeanor in which case the criminal fine is not to exceed $250 as set forth in KRS 534.040(2)(b) or a term of imprisonment not to exceed a term of 90 days as set forth in KRS 532.090(2), or both.
(C) As an alternative to, or in conjunction with, the criminal penalties prescribed above, and in accordance with KRS 83A.065(4), an ordinance may provide by its express terms that a violation shall subject the offender to a civil penalty to be recovered by the city in a civil action in the nature of debt if the offender does not pay the penalty within a prescribed period of time after he or she has been cited for the violation of the ordinance.
(1999 Lou. Code, § 10.99) (Lou. Ord. No. 116-1961, approved 6-14-1961; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 104-2004, approved 8-2-2004; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 7-2020, approved 2-21-2020, eff. 5-21-2020)