[Adopted as §§ 1.005, 1.006 and 1.12 of the
2000 Code]
[Amended 9-6-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-16]
A.
Standard
penalty. Unless another penalty is expressly provided by the Code
for any particular provision, section or chapter, any person violating
any provision of this Code or any rule or regulation adopted or issued
in pursuance thereof, or any provision of any code adopted here by
reference shall, upon conviction, be subject to a forfeiture of not
less than $20 nor more than $10,000 and the cost of prosecution.
B.
Each
day a violation. Each act of violation, and every day upon which a
violation occurs or continues, constitutes a separate offense.
C.
Applicability.
The penalty provided by this section and/or any section of this Code
applies to the amendment of any section of this Code and any code
adopted herein by reference to which the penalty relates whether or
not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinances, unless
otherwise provided in the amendment.
D.
Reference
to sections. Reference to any section of this Code shall be understood
also to refer to and include the penalty section relating thereto,
unless otherwise expressly provided.
E.
Failure
of officers to perform duties. The failure of any officer or employee
of the Village to perform any official duty imposed by this Code shall
not subject such officer or employee to the penalty imposed for violation
of this Code, unless a penalty is specifically provided.
F.
Bond schedule, nontraffic violations. The Bond Schedule for nontraffic violations shall be as set forth in Chapter 14, Citations.
G.
Court
authority to impose alternative juvenile dispositions and sanctions.
(1)
For a juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance, a court is
authorized to impose any of the dispositions listed in §§ 938.343
and 938.344, Wis. Stats., in accordance with the provisions of those
statutes.
(2)
For a juvenile adjudged to have violated an ordinance who violates
a condition of a dispositional order of the court under § 938.343
or 938.344, Wis. Stats., the municipal court is authorized to impose
any of the sanctions listed in § 938.355(6)(d), Wis. Stats.,
in accordance with the provisions of those statutes.
(3)
This section is enacted under the authority of § 938.17(2)(cm),
Wis. Stats.
Every person concerned in the commission of any act prohibited
by this Code, whether he directly commits the act, or in any way directs,
encourages, advises, aids, or abets its commission, may be prosecuted
and on conviction thereof is subject to punishment the same as if
he had directly committed such act.
