Whenever in this code or in any other ordinance of the city, or in any resolution of the city adopted in accordance with the provisions of this code, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or any offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any other ordinance of the city shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Unless otherwise indicated to the court upon filing or upon motion of the city attorney, all violations of this code shall be prosecuted as infractions and the term of imprisonment referred to above shall not be applicable. In unusual situations where there are repeated offenses or where the violation is particularly detrimental, the violation presently designated in this code as a misdemeanor may be prosecuted as a misdemeanor on motion of the city attorney.
(Ord. 57 § 1, 1974; Ord. 145 § 1(a), 1976; Ord. 577 § 1, 1989; Ord. 1374 § 1, 2022)