(1) Any person who shall willfully resist, prevent, impede or interfere with the Commission, its members, agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this Chapter, or shall violate any order of the Commission or any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to a fine in addition to such order or decree as may be issued by any court. Such fine shall be in an amount not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each violation.
(2) Any person who violates, on more than one occasion, any order of the Commission or any provision of this Chapter, or who, on more than one occasion, willfully resists, prevents, impedes or interferes with the Commission, its members, agents or agencies in the performance of duties pursuant to this Chapter, shall be guilty of a separate offense of repeat violation, and for each such repeat violation shall be subject to a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000), or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. A person shall be guilty of a repeat violation regardless of whether the second or subsequent violation occurs before or after a judicial finding of a first or previous violation. Each violation, after the first, shall constitute a separate repeat violation offense.
Notes
1131 | Amended, 1967 Ordinances, p. 1332; amended, Bill No. 758 (approved July 24, 1995), 1995 Ordinances, p. 1081. |