The governing body may adopt ordinances or resolutions not inconsistent with the laws of New Mexico for the purpose of:
A. Effecting or discharging the powers and duties conferred by law upon the municipality;
B. Providing for the safety, preserving the health, promoting the prosperity, improving the morals, order, comfort and convenience of the municipality and its inhabitants;
C. Enforcing obedience to the ordinances by prosecution in the municipal court and metropolitan courts and upon conviction, the imposition of:
1. Except for those violations of ordinances described in subdivisions 2 and 3 of this subsection, a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not more than ninety days or both,
2. For a third and every subsequent conviction of violation of an ordinance prohibiting driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or imprisonment for not more than six months or both, and
3. For violations of an industrial user wastewater pretreatment ordinance as required by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars a day for each violation. (Amended during 1992 codification: prior code § 2-3-1)