[Amended 3-8-1999 by L.L. No. 1-1999;
at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
Pursuant to § 1800 of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law, and except as provided elsewhere in this Code, every
person convicted of a traffic infraction for a violation of any provision
of this chapter which is not a violation of any provision of the Vehicle
and Traffic Law of the State of New York shall, for a first conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than $150 or by imprisonment
for not more than 15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
for a second such conviction within 18 months thereafter, such person
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment
for not more than 45 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;
upon a third or subsequent conviction within 18 months after the first
conviction, such person shall be punished by a fine of not more than
$450 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.