(A) Any firm, corporation or person, whether as principal, agent, employee or otherwise, violating or causing the violation of any of the provisions of §§ 121.01 through 121.17 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and any conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any violation of the provisions of §§ 121.01 through 121.17 shall constitute a separate offense for each and every day during which such violation is committed or continued. ('65 Code, § 5-31.17)
(B) Every person, whether acting as an individual owner, employee of the owner, permittee, or operator or employee of the permittee, or whether acting as a mere helper for the owner, permittee employer or operator, or whether acting as a participant or worker in any way, who operates or conducts or who participates in the operation of an unpermitted adult-oriented business, or who violates any provisions of §§ 121.30 through 121.37, including but not limited to any provision of § 121.33, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than $1,000 for each offense or imprisoned for not more than six months in the county jail for each offense, or both. Each day the violation continues shall be regarded as a separate offense for which the full penalty may be imposed.
(C) Any establishment operated, conducted or maintained contrary to the provisions of §§ 121.30 through 121.37 is unlawful and a public nuisance, and the City Attorney may, in addition to or in lieu of prosecuting a criminal action hereunder, commence an action or actions, proceeding or proceedings for the abatement, removal and enjoinment thereof in the manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such court or courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate or remove such adult-oriented business and restrain and enjoin any person from operating, conducting or maintaining such an establishment contrary to provisions of §§ 121.30 through 121.37. ('65 Code, § 9-3.3001)
(Ord. 433-C.S., passed 9-6-94)