A. No person shall violate any provision of this code or fail to comply with the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city. Any person violating any of the provisions of the code or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless:
1. Such code provision or ordinance expressly makes violation thereof an infraction; or
2. The city attorney files a complaint charging the offense as an infraction; or
3. The court, with the consent of the defendant, determines that the offense is an infraction, in which event the case shall proceed as if the defendant had been arraigned on an infraction complaint; or
4. The city, at its discretion, may issue an administrative notice and order of administrative penalty in lieu of charging any violation of the code or a city ordinance as a misdemeanor or infraction. The enforcement of those administrative penalties shall be governed by Chapter 1.13 which contains the administrative penalty procedure.
B. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by the code or a city ordinance, any person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of the code or an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person convicted of an infraction for violation of the code or an ordinance of the city is punishable by:
1. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation;
2. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year;
3. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.
D. In addition to criminal sanctions and other remedies set forth above and in this code, the city may impose civil penalties pursuant to the administrative penalty procedure outlined in Chapter 1.13, and other sections of this code or city ordinance that permit civil penalties.
E. Each person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation is committed or is permitted to be committed of any provision of the code or the ordinances of the city. (Ord. 2000-16 § 2, 2000: Ord. 9605 §§ 4, 5, 1996: prior code § 106)