§ 1-9. General penalty; continuing violations.

(a)

Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or resolution of the city any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code, ordinance or resolution the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code, ordinance or resolution shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment in the city prison not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by state law or statute, the same penalty so fixed by state law or statute shall be imposed for the punishments of such offense and no other, except that imprisonments, when made under this section, may be in the city jail instead of the county jail. Each day any violation of any provision of this Code or of any such ordinance or resolution shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

In addition to the penalty provided for in subsection (a) of this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code or ordinance or resolution of the city shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be abated by the city as provided by law, and each day that such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

(Code 1971, § 1-9; Code 1991, § 1-9)