[Amended 9-16-2008 by Ord. No. 08-1741]
For violation of any provision of this Code,
or any other ordinance of the Borough of Highland Park, unless a specific
penalty is otherwise provided in connection with the provision violated,
the maximum penalty upon conviction of the violation shall be one
or more of the following: imprisonment in the County jail or in any
place provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners,
for any term not exceeding 90 days, or by a fine not exceeding $2,000,
or by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
Except as otherwise provided, each and every
day in which a violation of any provision of this Code or any other
ordinance of the Borough exists shall constitute a separate violation.
The maximum penalty stated in the general penalty
clause of this article is not intended to state an appropriate penalty
for each and every violation. Any lesser penalty, including a nominal
penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate for a particular
case or a particular violation.
The Borough Council may prescribe that, for
the violation of any particular Code provision or ordinance, at least
a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine which
may be fixed at an amount not exceeding $100.
Any person who is convicted of violating any
current ordinance of the Borough of Highland Park within one year
of the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance, and who
was fined for the previous violation, shall be sentenced to an additional
fine as a repeat violator. The additional fine imposed upon a person
for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed
the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the ordinance, but shall
be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of
the ordinance. Any person convicted for the violation of the ordinance
who is in default of the payment of any fine imposed therefor may
be imprisoned in the County jail for any term not to exceed 90 days
or be required to perform community service for a period not to exceed
90 days.