Any person causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing a violation of this Chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may, in the discretion of the City Attorney, be prosecuted as a misdemeanor and upon conviction be subject to a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the city or county jail for a period of not more than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense. The City Attorney, in his or her sound discretion, may prosecute a violation of this Chapter as an infraction, rather than a misdemeanor, or reduce or agree to the reduction of a previously filed misdemeanor to an infraction. Any person convicted of an infraction under this provisions of this Chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for the first violation, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation within one year, and a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) for a third violation within one year. A fourth violation of this Chapter within one year shall be charged as a misdemeanor and may not be reduced to an infraction.
(Ord. MC-1466, 3-07-18)