(A) Except as otherwise specified in this Code, any person violating any of the provisions of this Code or failing to comply with any of the requirements of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless:
(1) Such Code provision makes violation thereof an infraction; or
(2) The City Attorney files a complaint charging the offense as an infraction; or
(3) The court, with the consent of the defendant, determines that the offense is an infraction, in which event the case shall proceed as if the defendant had been arraigned on an infraction complaint; or
(4) The city, at its discretion, may issue an administrative citation and civil penalty in lieu of charging any violation of the Code as a misdemeanor or an infraction. The enforcement of those civil penalties shall be governed by the civil administrative citation procedures set forth in this chapter of the Code or as more specifically provided in other provisions of the Code.
(B) Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this Code herein shall be punishable by:
(1) A fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation;
(2) A fine not exceeding $200 for a second violation of the same provision within one year of the date of the first violation;
(3) A fine not exceeding $500 for each additional violation of the same provision within one year of the date of the violation.
(Ord. 15-104, passed 10-13-2015)