For violation of any ordinance set forth in the Code of the Township
of Franklin, the court before which any person is convicted of violating
any ordinance may impose a sentence of one or more of the following:
imprisonment in the county jail for any term not exceeding 90 days;
or by a fine not exceeding $2,000; or by a period of community service
not exceeding 90 days.
Any person convicted of violating an ordinance within one year of
the date of a previous violation of the same ordinance shall be sentenced
to an additional fine as a repeat offender of not less than $100,
in addition to any other sentence imposed by the court.
Prior to imposing a fine for a housing or zoning code violation in
an amount greater than $1,250, the owner shall be provided a thirty-day
period within which to cure or abate the condition.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Township of Franklin
heretofore adopted that establish a maximum fine inconsistent with
the fines established pursuant to this chapter are hereby repealed
to the extent of the inconsistency.
All ordinances that establish a minimum fine that is less than the minimum fine set forth in § 106-1 shall be repealed. All ordinances establishing a minimum fine greater than $100 are repealed.