Unless otherwise provided, any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity violating any provision of this Code shall be guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified, and each day or portion thereof such violation is in existence shall be a new and separate offense. In addition, when one or more plants or trees are removed in violation of the provisions of this Code, the removal of each such separate plant or tree shall be a new and separate offense.
Any person so convicted shall be guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not greater than $100 and not less than $50 for a first offense and shall be guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not greater than $200 and not less than $100 for a second offense. The third and any additional offenses shall constitute misdemeanors and shall be punishable by fines not greater than $1,000 and not less than $500, six months in jail, or both. Notwithstanding the above, a first or second offense may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Payment of any fine or service of a jail sentence herein provided shall not relieve a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity from the responsibility of correcting the condition resulting from the violation. In addition to the above penalties, the court may order that the guilty party reimburse the City for all of its costs of investigating, analyzing and prosecuting the enforcement action against the guilty party; the court shall fix the amount of any such reimbursement upon submission of proof of such costs by the City. (Amended by Ord. 210 § 2, 2001)