A. The punishment for any offense declared to be a misdemeanor or declared to be unlawful with no designation as to the nature of the offense by the Charter or an ordinance, except in cases where a different offense or a different punishment is prescribed by ordinance or any applicable law of this state, is imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both such imprisonment and fine.
B. The punishment for any offense declared to be an infraction by the Charter or an ordinance, excepting places where a different offense or a different punishment is prescribed by ordinance or any applicable law of this state, is a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation; a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for a second violation thereof within one year; and a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation thereof within one year. Upon conviction of a fourth violation thereof within one year, the violator is guilty of a misdemeanor, which upon conviction thereof is punishable as in subsection A.
C. Payment of any fine or service of a jail sentence herein provided shall not relieve a person firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity from the responsibility of correcting any condition, resulting from the violation. In addition to the above penalties the Court may order that the guilty party reimburse the City for all of its costs of investigating, analyzing, and prosecuting the enforcement action against the guilty party; the Court shall fix the amount of such reimbursement upon submission of proof of such costs by the City.
(Ord. MC-1125, 6-03-02; Ord. MC-609, 9-21-87; Ord. MC-455, 5-13-85; Ord. 2673, 6-27-65)