§ 1-5. General penalty; continuing violations.

Wherever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 unless such ordinance governs fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, in which case such violation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,000.00 provided, however, no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(Ord. No. 501, § 2, 9-21-1987; Code 1983, § 1-5)

State law reference

Authority to prescribe penalties, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 54.001; municipal court criminal jurisdiction, V.T.C.A., Government Code § 29.003; authority to imprison in default of payment of fine, Vernon's Ann. C.C.P. art. 43.09.