(a) Whoever violates or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree for a first offense and shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both, if an individual person, and if not an individual person, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense. For any subsequent offense, such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both, if an individual, and shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), if an organization, subject to the provisions of Sections 501.11 and 501.12 of the General Offense Code, for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues.
(b) The conviction and punishment of any person for peddling or soliciting without a license shall not excuse or exempt such person from the payment of any license fee due or unpaid at the time of such conviction, and nothing in this chapter shall prevent a criminal prosecution for any violation of any provision of this chapter.
(Ord. 38-2011. Passed 7-12-11.)