Every person violates a section, division, paragraph, or provision of this chapter when he or she performs an act thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, or fails to act when such failure is thereby prohibited or declared unlawful, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as for a misdemeanor except as otherwise stated in specific provisions hereof.
(2006 Code, § 12.99) (Ord. 131, passed 12-24-1971)