(A) Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which no specific penalty is prescribed shall be subject to § 10.99 of this code of ordinances.
(B) Upon judgment of violation of § 70.15(A), any such person found to have violated § 70.15(A) for the first time shall be fined in an amount no less than $100 and not more than $1,000; for any second or subsequent violation of § 70.15(A), any such person shall be fined in an amount no less than $1,000 and no more than $7,500. Each day of violation of § 70.15(A) shall constitute a separate violation. In addition, any such person shall be ordered to pay restitution for any damages, loss, expenses, costs, and attorney’s fees resulting from violation of § 70.15(A).
(C) Any person who violates § 70.15(B) shall be fined not more than $500.
(D) (1) Any person who shall take, remove, knock down or pull down, damage, destroy, in whole or in part, deface, paint over, or obscure the lettering and numbers upon any such sign, as described in § 70.16, or any person who shall attempt to take, remove, knock down or pull down, damage, destroy, deface, paint over, or obscure the lettering and numbers upon any such sign shall be guilty of the violation of a Class B misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for a term of not more than 180 days, and, in addition, may be fined not more than $1,000.
(2) It is a defense, under division (D)(1) above, that the person who commits a violation of division (D)(1) above shall:
(a) Report said violation of division (D)(1) above to the Sheriff’s Department within 24 hours of said violation by giving his or her name, home address, and telephone number to said Sheriff;
(b) Report the violation of division (D)(1) above to the Highway Department within 72 hours of such damage by giving his or her name, home address, and telephone number to said Department; and
(c) Pay the costs of repair and/or replacement of such sign, as determined by the County Highway Superintendent, within 14 days of being notified, in writing, of such cost of replacement. The 14-day time period shall begin to run on the day after such notification of costs has been served upon him or her, either personally or by certified mail.
(3) Any person who shall cross any such posted bridge with a total gross tonnage in excess of the maximum load limit so posted shall be guilty of the violation of a Class B misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned for a fixed term of not more than 180 days, and in addition he or she may be fined not more than $1,000.
(Ord. 1984-1, passed 2-13-1984; Ord. 84-8, passed 10-22-1984; Ord. 2008-04, passed 2-4-2008)