(a) Unless this code provides otherwise, violation of any provision hereof shall subject the offender to a civil penalty in the amount of $50 per day for each day the violation continues, to be recovered by the town in a civil action in the nature of debt if the offender does not pay the penalty within ten days after he or she has been cited for the violations.
(b) Any person who shall violate a provision of this chapter enforceable as a criminal penalty shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and may be fined not more than $500, or such other maximum amount as shall be authorized by North Carolina General Statutes or specifically established in this code, whichever is less. Any person who shall violate a provision of this chapter enforceable as an infraction shall be required to pay a penalty of not more than $50. An ordinance may provide by express statement that the maximum fine or term of imprisonment to be imposed for its violation shall be some figure or number of days less than the maximum penalties prescribed by G.S. 14-4.
(c) By express statement, an ordinance contained herein may provide for its enforcement by other remedies, as authorized in G.S. 160A-175, including the imposition of civil fines, the ordering of appropriate equitable relief, including injunctions, or a combination of such remedies.
(d) An ordinance may provide, when appropriate, that each day's continuing violation shall be a separate and distinct offense. (Ord. of 5/2/22)