General penalty

Any person violating the provisions of any section of this Code or any other ordinance, where no other penalty is prescribed, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than $500.00, imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or shall be both fined and imprisoned. Each day that such violation shall continue (or, in the case of shows and exhibitions illegally conducted, each performance) shall constitute a separate offense.

(Code 1967, § 1-6; Code 1980, § 1-6; Ord. No. 13748, § 2, 3-8-18)

Charter reference— Authority to impose penalties for ordinance violations, limitation on penalties, § 3(z).

State Law reference— Penalty for violation of ordinances, F.S. § 162.22; fines and forfeitures collected in county court for violations of municipal ordinances payable to municipality, F.S. § 34.191; punishment for misdemeanors, F.S. §§ 775.082, 775.083.