[Adopted effective 1-1-1982 as Ch. 7 of the 1982 Code]
[Amended 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or
resolution of the Town any act is prohibited or is declared to be
unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor or the doing of any act is
required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or
an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for
the violation thereof, the violation of any such provision of this
Code or of any ordinance or resolution shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $2,500 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12
months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation
of this Code or any such ordinance or resolution of the Town shall
continue it shall constitute, except where otherwise provided, a separate
offense.
[1]
Editor's Note: For state law as to authority
of Town to prescribe fines or other punishment for violation of ordinances,
see § 15.2-1429, Code of Virginia. As to penalty for misdemeanor
in absence of specific penalty, see § 18.2-12, Code of Virginia.
A.
Any violation of this Code or other ordinance of the
Town by any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed
by any corporation or unincorporated association or organization,
while acting within the scope of his office or employment, shall in
every case also be deemed to be a violation of such corporation, association
or organization.
B.
Any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed
by any corporation or unincorporated association or organization shall
be subject and liable to punishment as well as such corporation or
unincorporated association or organization for the violation by it
of any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the Town, where
such violation was the act or omission or the result of the act, omission
or order of any such person.
The county jail may be used as the Town jail.
[1]
Editor's Note: See also Charter § 6.4.
[Amended 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
Every person convicted for a violation of this
Code or other ordinance of the Town and given a jail sentence or held
in jail in default of payment of a fine shall, if physically able,
be employed during the period of such jail sentence or confinement
at such labor as may be assigned to him by a duly appointed or designated
officer or employee of the Town in whose custody or control such prisoner
shall be during all working hours of the sentence, or, in the discretion
of the District Court, he may be sentenced to the county jail, subject
to the state workforce.
[1]
Editor's Note: For state law as to the establishment
of a work force, see § 53.1-128, Code of Virginia.
Exclusive original jurisdiction for the trial
of all offenses against the provisions of this Code and other ordinances
of the Town shall reside in the General District Court of Louisa County.
The Town Sergeant shall be a conservator of
the peace within the Town.
Any court having jurisdiction shall collect
all fines and fees imposed or required to be paid in connection with
the violation of any provisions of this Code or any other law, whether
adopted by reference to the Code of Virginia or any ordinance of the
Town, and pay the same into the treasury of the Town for the use of
the Town.
[Amended 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
Fines and fees, the collection of which is required under § 1-9, may be collected by execution issued by the District Court directed to the Town Sergeant and returnable within 30 days before the District Court. The officer levying such execution shall sell the property levied upon at auction, for cash, at the front door of the courthouse of the county, after 10 days' notice of the time and place of such sale, which notice shall be posted at the front door of the courthouse of the county. This section shall not be construed to interfere with the other remedies of the Town in collecting fines and fees.
[Amended 1-12-2009 by Ord. No. 2009-01]
Any person upon whom a fine is imposed by the
District Court consequent upon a violation of this Code or other ordinance
of the Town may be confined in jail by order of the District Court
until the fine is paid, provided that the term of imprisonment under
this section shall be in accordance with the state law.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 18.2-11, Code
of Virginia.
