[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Birnamwood as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
[Adopted 3-10-1997]
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code, any person
who shall violate any of the provisions of this Code shall, upon conviction
of such violation, be subject to a penalty, which shall be as follows:
A.
First
offense. Any person who shall violate any provision of this Code subject
to a penalty shall, upon conviction thereof, forfeit not less than
$25 nor more than $250 together with the costs of prosecution and,
in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs of prosecution,
shall be imprisoned in the County Jail until said forfeiture and costs
are paid, but not exceeding 90 days.
B.
Second
offense. Any person found guilty of violating any ordinance or part
of an ordinance of this Code who shall previously have been convicted
of a violation of the same ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof,
forfeit not less than $30 nor more than $500 for each such offense
together with the costs of prosecution and, in default of payment
of such forfeiture and costs, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail
until said forfeiture and costs of prosecution are paid, but not to
exceed six months.
Each violation and each day a violation continues or occurs
shall constitute a separate offense. Nothing in this Code shall preclude
the Village from maintaining any appropriate action to prevent or
remove a violation of any provision of this Code.
[An ordinance adopting the Code of the Village of Birnamwood and making certain substantive changes to existing ordinances of the Village is presently proposed before the Village Board. Upon final adoption, it will be included here as Article II of this chapter.]
