(A) Every person who violates a section, division, paragraph or provision of this chapter when he or she performs an act thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, or fails to act when the failure is thereby prescribed or declared unlawful and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as follows.
(1) If a specific section, division, or paragraph makes violation of its provisions a misdemeanor, the violator shall be punished for a misdemeanor; if a violation is committed in a manner or under circumstances so as to endanger or be likely to endanger any person property, the violator shall be punished as for a misdemeanor when he or she is convicted of violation of this chapter. Exclusive of violations relating to the standing or parking of an unattended vehicle, violations of this chapter for the third time or more within the immediately preceding 12-month period shall be punished as a misdemeanor.
(2) As to any violation not constituting a misdemeanor under the provisions of § 71.99(A)(1), the violator shall be punished as for a petty misdemeanor.
(B) Violation of §§ 71.60 through 71.63 shall be a petty misdemeanor and shall be grounds for any police officer to order the removal of a vehicle as authorized by § 71.03. Beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the day of the declared snow emergency, vehicles in violation of §§ 71.60 through 71.63 may be ticketed and towed at the owner's expense.
(Ord. 342, passed 1-22-2020)