§ 1-15. General penalty.

(a)

Fines and imprisonment. Except as otherwise provided, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code shall, upon conviction of such violation, be subject to a penalty forfeiture, which shall be as follows:

(1)

Any person who shall violate the provisions of this Code that are an adoption of any state statute or county ordinance shall be subject to the penalty provisions for fine or forfeiture that are provided for in the statute or ordinance that is adopted by this Code and if no penalty has elsewhere been adopted in this Code then the forfeiture shall be not less than $5.00 nor more than $2,000.00, plus costs.

(2)

Any person found guilty of a violation of this Code that are not state statutes or county ordinances shall forfeit not less than $5.00 nor more than $2,000.00, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution shall be imprisoned until such forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid but not exceeding 90 days.

(b)

Continued violations. Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this Code shall preclude the city from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or remove a violation of any provision of this Code.

(c)

Execution against defendant's property. Whenever any person fails to pay any forfeiture and costs of prosecution upon the order of any court for violation of any ordinance of the city, the court may, in lieu of ordering imprisonment of the defendant or after the defendant has been released from custody, issue an execution against the property of the defendant for such forfeiture and costs.

(Code 2004, § 25.04; Ord. No. 1422, 4-19-1988; Ord. No. 2032, 8-20-2002)