§ 1-8. General penalty for violations of Code; continuing violations.

Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding $500.00. However, a fine for the violation of a provision of this Code or any such ordinance that governs fire safety, zoning or public health and sanitation, including dumping of refuse, may not exceed $2,000.00. Provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state. Each day any violation of this Code or of any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(Code 1977, § 1-6)

State law reference

Authority to adopt penalties for violations of Code, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 53.001; penalties for violation of ordinances, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code § 54.001.