Chapter 18.73
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PENALTY

Sections:

18.73.010    Violations -- Misdemeanor -- Gross Misdemeanor -- Civil Infraction.

18.73.010 - Violations -- Misdemeanor -- Gross Misdemeanor -- Civil Infraction.

A.    Any person, firm, or corporation who knowingly violates or fails to comply with any term or provision of this title shall be deemed to have committed a misdemeanor, and if found guilty, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000), and/or to imprisonment not to exceed ninety (90) days or to both such fine and imprisonment. Each day shall be a separate offense. In the event of a continuing violation or failure to comply, the second and subsequent days shall constitute a gross misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) and/or imprisonment not to exceed three hundred and sixty-five (365) days or both such time and imprisonment. Continuing violation shall mean the same type of violation which is committed within a year of the initial violation.

B.    As an additional concurrent penalty, it shall be a civil infraction for a person, firm, or corporation to violate or fail to comply with any term or provision of this title. Each day shall be a separate infraction. A person, firm, or corporation found to have committed a civil infraction shall be assessed a monetary penalty as follows:

1.    First offense: Class 3 ($50), not including statutory assessments.

2.    Second offense arising out of the same facts as the first offense: Class 2 ($125), not including statutory assessments.

3.    Third offense arising out of the same facts as the first offense: Class 1 ($250), not including statutory assessments.

See also OMC Chapter 4.44, Uniform Code Enforcement.

(Ord. 6173 §2, 2002; Ord. 6081 §65, 2001; Ord. 5904 §1, 1999; Ord. 5536 §1, 1995).