(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter or counterfeiting or forging any certificate, tag, or making any misrepresentation in regards to any matter prescribed by this chapter, or resisting, obstructing, or impeding the Administrator or any authorized officer in enforcing this chapter, or who removes a tag from a dog or other animal for purposes of destroying or concealing its identity, is guilty of a petty offense for a first or second offense and shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $750 and for a third and subsequent offense, is guilty of a Class C Misdemeanor.
(B) Each person shall be guilty of a separate offense for every day in which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed or permitted to continue and shall be punished as provided in this chapter.
(C) Penalty. Whosoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of an offense and fined not less than $100 nor more than $750 and/or sentenced up to six months in the county jail. A separate offense shall be deemed committed for each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues. Except when fines and costs are paid by compromise payment as provided in division (D) below prior to court, the Circuit Clerk shall add to the fine any and all costs and fees upon an authorized disposition.
(D) Compromise payment. In the event the Peotone Police, the Village Code Enforcement Officer or other designee of the village elect to charge any individual under a compromise citation as set forth hereinafter, any such person accused of a violation of this chapter and originally charged under this section may settle and compromise the claim without a court appearance by payment of one-half of the minimum required fine to the Village Clerk of the Village Hall within ten business days of the date of the violation if the compromise box designation is so checked on the Complaint and Notice to Appear form.
('70 Code, § 6.21) (Ord. passed 3-22-82; Am. Ord. 95-26, passed 11-20-95; Am. Ord. 06-08, passed 7-24-06)