[Ord. No. 100.040, 7-3-2017]
A. 
Ordinance Violations.
1. 
Except as set forth herein, whenever in this Code or any other ordinance of the City, or in any rule, regulation, notice or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority duly vested in him/her or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense, misdemeanor or ordinance violation 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 or ordinance violation, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, upon conviction of a violation of any such provision of this Code or of any such ordinance, rule, regulation, notice or order, the violator shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), plus costs, or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail not exceeding ninety (90) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, provided, that in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by a statute of the State, the statutory penalty, and no other, shall be imposed for such offense, except that imprisonments may be in the City Prison or workhouse instead of the County Jail.
2. 
As to minor traffic violations, which include a municipal traffic ordinance violation prosecution that does not involve an accident or injury, that does not involve the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, and for which no points are assessed by the Department of Revenue or the Department of Revenue is authorized to assess one (1) to four (4) points to a person's driving record upon conviction, including amended charges for any minor traffic violation, but excluding violations for exceeding the posted speed limit by more than nineteen (19) miles per hour or a violation occurring within a construction zone or a school zone, the Court shall not assess a fine, if combined with the amount of court costs, totaling in excess of two hundred twenty-five dollars ($225.00).
3. 
As to municipal ordinance violations for which penalties are authorized by statute under Sections 71.285, 89.120 and 89.490, RSMo., including amended charges for such municipal ordinance violations, for those committed within a twelve-month period beginning with the first violation: two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the first such violation, two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) for the second such violation, and three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) for the third such violation, and four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) for the fourth and any subsequent municipal ordinance violation.
4. 
As to minor traffic violations (as defined above) and these municipal ordinance violations (as defined above), the Court shall not sentence a person to confinement, except the Court may sentence a person to confinement for any violation involving alcohol or controlled substances, violations endangering the health or welfare of others, or eluding or giving false information to a law enforcement officer.
B. 
Every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance or any such rule, regulation, notice or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.