Sec. 17-14. Violation a civil infraction; procedure; penalties.
   (a)   It is a civil infraction for any person to violate any of the provisions of this article; however, complaints of violations of this article shall proceed as prescribed in sections 17-15 and 17-16.
   (b)   The following penalties shall be imposed by the city court for civil infractions under this article:
   (1)   A person found responsible for a civil infraction for the first time shall be fined not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per civil infraction. a person found responsible for the same civil infraction for a second time shall be fined not less than six hundred dollars ($600.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). A person found responsible for the same civil infraction for a third or subsequent time shall be fined not less than nine hundred dollars ($900.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00). The imposition of a fine for a civil infraction under this section shall not be suspended.
   (2)   Failure of a respondent to comply with any order contained in a judgment for a civil infraction shall result in an additional fine of not less than three hundred dollars ($300.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for each day the respondent fails to comply. A respondent's second failure to comply with any order contained in a judgment for a civil infraction shall result in an additional fine of not less than six hundred dollars ($600.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for each day after the first determination of the respondent's failure to comply. A respondent's third and subsequent failure to comply with any order contained in a judgment for a civil infraction shall result in an additional fine of not less than nine hundred dollars ($900.00) nor more than twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for each day after the second determination of respondent's failure to comply.
(Ord. No. 6461, §§ 8, 9, 7-7-86; Ord. No. 9199, § 3, 2-1-99)
   Editors Note: Ord. No. 4616, §§ 4, 5, adopted Feb. 7, 1977, specifically amended the Code by repealing former § 17-14 and adopting in lieu thereof new § 17-14 as herein set out. Former § 17-14 had pertained to implementation of the chapter's provisions, and had been derived from Ord. No. 4169, § 2, adopted Apr. 15, 1974. Subsequently § 8 of Ord. No. 6461, adopted July 7, 1986, repealed § 17-14; and § 9 enacted a new § 17-14.