Sec. 5-305. Penalties.

   (a)    General penalty. Unless otherwise provided in this Chapter or State law, a violation of this Chapter is a Class B violation. For any penalty under this Chapter, each day the violation continues, and each paragraph of Section 5-203(a), is a separate violation. A person convicted of violating a State animal control or anti-cruelty law is not subject to civil penalties for violating County law based on the same prohibited acts or omissions.

   (b)   Violation of an order of the Board. A violation of an order issued by the Board is a Class A civil violation. Each day the violation continues is a separate violation.

   (c)   Penalties. A violation of:

      (1)   Section 5-201 is a Class A civil violation for which the penalty must not exceed the maximum penalty allowed by State law for the equivalent offense under State law;

      (2)   Section 5-202 is a Class A violation;

      (3)   any paragraph of Section 5-203(a) that is not also a violation of Section 5-203(b) is a Class B violation; and

      (4)   Section 5-203(b) and 5-203(c) are Class A violations; and

      (5)   Section 5-402(c) is a Class A violation. (1999 L.M.C., ch. 10, § 1; 2005 L.M.C., ch. 22, § 1.)