[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Council of the Township
of Pequannock 7-22-1997 as Ch.
178 of the 1997 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.Â
For a violation of a provision
of the Code or any supplement or addition thereto for which no specific
penalty is provided, the offender shall be subject to imprisonment
in the county jail for any term not exceeding 90 days, or to a fine
not exceeding $1,000, or to a period of community service not exceeding
90 days.
B.Â
Any person who is convicted of
violating an ordinance 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 by the court to an additional fine as a repeat
offender. The additional fine imposed by the court upon a person for
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.
C.Â
The court before which any person
is convicted of violating any ordinance of the municipality shall
have the power to impose any fine, term of imprisonment, or period
of community service no less than the minimum and not exceeding the
maximum.
D.Â
Any person convicted of a violation
of a municipal ordinance may, in the discretion of the court in which
he was convicted, and in default of the payment of any fine imposed
therefor, be imprisoned in the county jail for a term not exceeding
90 days or be required to perform community service for a period not
exceeding 90 days.
