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(1) Misdemeanors. No person shall violate any provision, or fail to comply with any requirement, of this code. Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any requirement of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the violation or failure to comply is expressly stated by this code to be an infraction, or is subsequently prosecuted as an infraction in the discretion of the city attorney or city prosecutor, in which case such person is guilty of an infraction and shall be punished as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly.

(2) Infractions. Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any mandatory requirement of this code expressly stated by this code to be an infraction shall be guilty of an infraction. Any person convicted of any infraction shall be punishable by:

(a) A fine of $100.00 for a first violation;

(b) A fine of $200.00 for a second violation of the same provision of this code within one year;

(c) A fine of $500.00 for each additional violation of the same provision of this code within one year.

Each person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly. (Ord. 449 § 1; Ord. 445 § 1; Ord. 324 § 2. 2002 Code § 1-2.1).