[R.O. 2007 § 100.060; CC 1979 § 1-6]
A.
Except as hereinafter provided, whenever
in this Code or in any other ordinance of the City or in any rule,
regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such Code or other ordinance
of the City, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful
or an offense, ordinance violation or a misdemeanor, or whenever in
such Code or in such other City ordinance, rule, regulation or order,
the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared
to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the
violation of any such provision of this Code or of any other ordinance
of the City or of any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant
to such Code or other City ordinance shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), or by imprisonment for a
period of not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
B.
Whenever any provision of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri or other Statute of the State limits the authority of
the City to punish the violation of any particular provision of this
Code or other City ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated
pursuant thereto to a fine of less amount than that provided in this
Section or imprisonment for a shorter term than that provided in this
Section, the violation of such particular provision of this Code or
other City ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punished
by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine or imprisonment
so authorized, or by both such fine or imprisonment.
C.
Whenever any provision of the Revised Statutes
of Missouri or any other Statute of the State establishes a penalty
for an offense similar to an offense under this Code or other City
ordinance, or rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto,
but which statutory penalty differs from the penalty established by
the City for such similar offense, whether such statutory penalty
is greater or smaller, in terms of amount of fine or length of imprisonment,
than the penalty established by the City, such offense shall be punished
in accordance with such statutory penalty.
D.
Each day any violation of this Code or
any other City ordinance or rule, regulation or order promulgated
pursuant thereto shall continue shall constitute a separate offense,
unless otherwise provided.
