CHAPTER 4
GENERAL PENALTY

SECTION:

1-4-1: General Penalty

1-4-2: Misdemeanor Penalty

1-4-3: Application Of Provisions

1-4-4: Liability Of Officers

1-4-1: GENERAL PENALTY:

   A.   Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the city the doing of any act is made or declared to be unlawful, or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such code or ordinance the failure to do any act is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, if no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six (6) months, or any combination of such fine and imprisonment; provided however that if state law makes such act or failure to do such act punishable as only a civil infraction, the violation shall be punished by a civil penalty of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per violation unless greater civil penalty is authorized by specific state statute.

   B.   When a defendant pleads or is found guilty of a misdemeanor or liable for a civil infraction, including the violation of any municipal ordinance, except for an ordinance regulating metered parking, the judge shall include in the sentence, in addition to the fine imposed by the Court, the sum of ten dollars ($10) as an administrative assessment for the provision of court facilities and render a judgment or order against the defendant for the assessment. The money collected as an administrative assessment shall be administered pursuant to NRS 176.0611. (Ord. 30, 12-31-1985; amd. Ord. B22-009, - -2022)

1-4-2: MISDEMEANOR PENALTY:

   A.   Every person convicted of a misdemeanor shall be punished by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not more than six (6) months, or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by both fine and imprisonment, unless the statute or ordinance in force at the time of commission of such misdemeanor prescribes a different penalty.

   B.   In lieu of all or a part of the punishment which may be imposed pursuant to subsection A of this section, if the convicted person agrees, he may be sentenced to perform a fixed period of work for the benefit of the community under the conditions prescribed in Nevada Revised Statutes section 176.087. (Ord. 30, 12-31-1985)