Wherever in this code or in any ordinance or resolution of the Common Council, or in any rule, regulation, notice, or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in him, her, or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of any such provision of this code or of any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, notice, or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100, or other amount deemed appropriate by the Municipal Court, or by imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation of this code or any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, notice, or order shall continue shall constitute, except where otherwise provided, a separate offense.
(Prior Code, § 1-7)
Statutory reference:
Penalties to be imposed for violation of ordinances, see W. Va. Code 8-11-1 and 8-12-5(55)