(b) The following penalties shall be imposed by 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. 6947, § 1, 5-16-88; Ord. No. 9199, § 4, 2-1-99)