A.
Any violation of this Code may be prosecuted as a criminal offense. Unless expressly described as an infraction, a violation of any provision of this Code, or failing to comply with any mandatory requirement hereof, shall constitute a misdemeanor. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a violation of this Code may, in the discretion of the prosecuting attorney or other enforcing authority, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction.
B.
Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the ordinances of Union City shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment, not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C.
Any person convicted of an infraction under the ordinances of Union City shall be subject to payment of a fine pursuant to the terms set forth in State of California Government Code Section 36900, as that section or its successor reads at the time of the offense. After a third conviction for violation of the same section of an ordinance of the City, subsequent violations of the same section may be charged as a misdemeanor rather than an infraction.
D.
Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of the ordinances of Union City is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and shall be punished accordingly.
(Ord. 106-73 § 1, 1973; amended during 1990 republication; Ord. 369-91 § 9, 1991; Ord. 618-03 § 3, 2003)