(A) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter for which no penalty is otherwise provided shall be subject to the penalty provided in Chapter 13 of this code.
(B) Any person who violates any provision of §§ 52.055 through 52.073 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished according to Chapter 13 of this code, and shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which such violation is committed, continued or permitted, and shall be subject to the same punishment for each such separate offense as for the original offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the prosecuting attorney has determined that such action would be in the best interests of justice, the prosecuting attorney may specify in the accusatory pleading that the violation shall be an infraction and the violation shall then be prosecuted as an infraction. The provisions of this division are in addition to and independent of any other sanctions which are or may be imposed under this chapter or any other provision of law.
(C) Any person who violates any provision of §§ 52.055 through 52.085 of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished according to Chapter 13 of this code, and shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which such violation is committed, continued or permitted, and shall be subject to the same punishment for each such separate offense as for the original offense. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where the prosecuting attorney has determined that such action would be in the best interests of justice, the prosecuting attorney may specify in the accusatory pleading that the violation shall be an infraction and the violation shall then be prosecuted as an infraction. The provisions of this sectopm are in addition to and independent of any other sanctions which are or may be imposed under this chapter or any other provision of law.
(‘81 Code, § 8.40.180) (Ord. 945, passed - -91; Ord. 1274, passed 6-5-17)