It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this code. A violation of any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code shall constitute a misdemeanor; except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this code may, in the discretion of the city attorney, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code, unless provision is otherwise herein made, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months or by both fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this code, unless provisions are otherwise herein made, shall be punishable by fine only as follows: upon a first conviction, by a fine of not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars and for a second conviction or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year, by a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars.

Each such person shall be charged with a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall, upon conviction, be punished accordingly. (Ord. 5116 § 1, 2022)