A.Â
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, whenever in this Code
or any other ordinance of the City, or in any rule, regulation, notice
or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority
duly vested in him/her or it, any act is prohibited or is declared
to be unlawful or an offense, misdemeanor or ordinance violation or
the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared
to be unlawful or an offense, misdemeanor or ordinance violation,
and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, upon
conviction of a violation of any such provision of this Code or of
any such ordinance, rule, regulation, notice or order, the violator
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding ninety
(90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, that in
any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by a Statute
of the State, the statutory penalty, and no other, shall be imposed
for such offense, except that imprisonments may be in the City prison
or workhouse instead of the County Jail.
[Ord. No. 23-02, 1-9-2023]
B.Â
Every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance or any
such rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
C.Â
Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment thereof,
or by any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition
shall extend to and include the causing, securing, aiding or abetting
of another person to do said act. Whenever any act is prohibited by
this Code, an attempt to do the act is likewise prohibited.
D.Â
Whenever
any provision of the Revised Statutes of Missouri limits the authority
of the City to punish the violation of any particular provision of
this Code or other City ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated
pursuant thereto to a fine of less amount than that provided in this
Section or imprisonment for a shorter term than that provided in this
Section, then the violation of such particular provision of this Code
or other City ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punished
by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine or imprisonment
so authorized or by both such fine or imprisonment.
[Ord. No. 23-02, 1-9-2023]
E.Â
Pursuant
to Section 479.353, RSMo.:
[Ord. No. 23-02, 1-9-2023]
1.Â
The fine for minor traffic violations shall not exceed two hundred
twenty-five dollars ($225.00).
2.Â
The fine for ordinance violations, when combined with court costs,
shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first violation,
two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) for the second violation
within a 12-month period, three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for
the third violation within a 12-month period, and four hundred fifty
dollars ($450.00) for the fourth and any subsequent violation within
a 12-month period.
