19.100 Enforcement of Ordinances – Action – Judgment.

(1) Actions in Name of City. Actions to recover any fine, penalty or forfeiture or to punish the violation of an ordinance or the Municipal Code shall be in the name of the City of Manitowoc.

(2) Judgment for Fine, Costs, Jail Alternative – Property Execution – Nature of Ordinance Violation. In case of conviction the Court shall enter judgment against the defendant for the costs of prosecution and for the fine, penalty or forfeiture, if any, and that the defendant, if an individual, be committed to the County Jail of Manitowoc County until the fine, penalty or forfeiture and costs are paid or discharged, but the time of imprisonment shall not exceed six months, or until otherwise discharged pursuant to law, and a property execution may issue against the defendant for said fine, penalty, forfeiture and costs.

No person violating any provision of any ordinance of the City of Manitowoc shall be, or be deemed to be, guilty of a misdemeanor, a felony or a crime and no violation of any provision of any ordinance of the City of Manitowoc shall be, or be construed to be, a misdemeanor, a felony or a crime, nor shall imprisonment be imposed as a punishment for the violation of any provision of any ordinance of the City of Manitowoc except in the event of a failure of the defendant, if an individual, to pay the fine, penalty, forfeiture and costs imposed by the Court, not exceeding six months in the County Jail of Manitowoc County, any other provision of the general ordinances or the Municipal Code of the City of Manitowoc to the contrary notwithstanding.

(3) Chief of Police to Commence Actions. The Chief of Police and any member of the Police Department of the City of Manitowoc is hereby authorized to commence actions, prosecutions and proceedings in the Municipal Court of Manitowoc County to recover fines, penalties and forfeitures or to punish violation of City ordinances or the Municipal Code, in the name and in behalf of the City of Manitowoc, Wisconsin.

[Prior code § 19.10]