§ 8.36.080. Criminal penalties.

Any person who neglects or refuses to abate a condition found by the enforcement officer to be in violation of this chapter within the time specified in a written notice shall be in violation of the provisions of this ordinance and shall be deemed guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified. Such person(s) shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted. Any person deemed guilty of violating this chapter shall be:

(1)

Guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation;

(2)

Guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation on the same site.

(3)

The third and any additional violations on the same site shall constitute an infraction or a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or six months in jail, or both.

Notwithstanding the above, a first and a second violation may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. Payment of any penalty herein shall not relieve an individual from the responsibility for correcting the violation.

(Ord. No. 523.3, § 1, 4-11-2017)