For violation of any ordinance of the Township of Waterford,
other than Housing or Zoning Code violations, the maximum penalty
upon conviction of the ordinance violation shall be one or more of
the following:
A. A fine not
exceeding $2,000, imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days,
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.
B. For any
Housing or Zoning Code Ordinance violations of the Township of Waterford,
the maximum fine upon conviction of the ordinance violation shall
not exceed $1,250.
C. The Municipal Judge before whom any violator of a Township of Waterford ordinance or any section or part thereof is convicted shall have the power to impose any fine or term of imprisonment or term of community service or combination thereof not exceeding the maximum fixed by Subsection
A or
B above, as may be appropriate.
Any person who is convicted of violating any Township of Waterford
ordinance within one year of the date of a previous violation of the
same provision of the same ordinance and who was fined for the previous
violation may, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge, be
required to pay an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional
fine shall be not less than the minimum fine, if any, nor more than
the maximum fine fixed for the violation of the ordinance but shall
be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of
the ordinance.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of any Township
of Waterford ordinance and who is in default of the payment of the
fine imposed may, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge,
be imprisoned in the county jail or place of detention provided by
the Township of Waterford for any term not exceeding 90 days, or be
required to perform community service for a period not exceeding 90
days, or any combination thereof.
Except as otherwise provided in any Township of Waterford ordinance,
each and every day on which a violation of any provision of any ordinance
exists shall constitute a separate violation.