Chapter 1.20
GENERAL PENALTY
Sections:
1.20.010 Designated.
Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city of Mount Vernon shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the ordinances of Mount Vernon shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment not to exceed one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that wherever there is a lesser maximum penalty prescribed for violation of an analogous provision of state law then such lesser maximum penalty shall apply; and provided further, that wherever a minimum mandatory penalty is provided for violation of an analogous provision of state law then such minimum mandatory penalty shall apply. (Ord. 2224 § 1, 1986; Ord. 2174 § 8, 1985; Ord. 1717 § 1, 1974).