(A) The power to prescribe a penalty of imprisonment for an ordinance violation is prohibited by I.C. 36-l-3-8(a)(9).
(B) Whenever in any ordinance of the county, any act which is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and where no specific penalty is provided, the violation of any such provision shall be punished by a fine not less than $100 nor more than $2,500 for the first violation of the ordinance. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each day during which or on which a violation occurs or continues to occur. A second or subsequent violation of the ordinance shall be punished by a fine not less than $100 nor more than $7,500.
(C) The violation of an ordinance or regulation concerning air emissions established by an air permit program established under I.C. 13-17-12-6 shall be punished by a fine not less than $100 nor more than $10,000.
(D) The fines prescribed in division (B) of this section do not apply to violations of ordinances that regulate traffic or parking.
(BC Ord. 2019-0014, passed 8-5-2019)