Any person who violates any of the prohibitions or provisions of any section of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Unless otherwise specified in the particular chapter or section for which the person stands convicted of violating, the penalty for the violation shall be in any amount not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment for any length of time not to exceed three months, in the discretion of the court, provided whenever any section of this chapter shall declare a nuisance, a violation of that section shall be penalized by a fine of not more than $1,000, in which case a new violation shall be deemed to have been committed every 24 hours of the failure to comply.
(Prior Code, § 1-1201)