[R.O. 1991 § 100.030; Ord. No. 3173-23, 2-21-2023]
A.
General Penalty.
1.
Except as hereinafter provided, whenever in this Code or in any other
ordinance of this City or in any rule, regulation, notice or order
promulgated pursuant to such Code or other such ordinance of the City
any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or any
offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such code or in such other
City ordinance, rule, regulation, notice or order the doing of any
act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful,
where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any
such provision of this Code or of any other ordinance of the City
or of any rule, regulation, notice or order promulgated pursuant to
such Code or other City ordinance shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment for a
period 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 any Statute of the State, the statutory penalty or an amount not
to exceed the statutory maximum, and no other, shall be imposed for
such offense, except that imprisonment may be made in the City Jail
or workhouse instead of the County Jail.
2.
Whenever any provision of the Missouri Constitution, Revised Statutes
of Missouri or other Statute of the State limits the authority of
the City to punish the violation of any particular provision of this
Code or other City ordinance or rule, regulation, notice or order
promulgated pursuant thereto a fine of less amount than that provided
in this Section, then the violation of such particular provision in
this Code or other City ordinance, rule regulation, notice or order
shall be punished by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine
or imprisonment or civil penalty so authorized, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
3.
Regarding acts referenced in Missouri Constitutional Amendment XIV,
penalties shall be civil penalties as authorized and limited by Amendment
XIV.
B.
Continuing Violation. A separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation
of this Code or any other City ordinance, rule, regulation, notice
or order promulgated pursuant thereto, occurs, or continues, unless
otherwise provided.
