[Adopted 3-3-1971 as Secs. 1-7, 1-8 and 1-9 of the 1971
Code]
[Amended 3-18-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998; 1-7-2009 by L.L. No. 1-2009]
A.
Whenever in this Code or in any law or resolution
of the Village any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be
unlawful or an offense, or whenever in such Code, law or resolution
the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared
to be unlawful, where no specific fine or penalty is provided therefor,
the violation of any provision of this Code or any such law or resolution
shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment
not exceeding 15 days in the county jail, or both. Each week any violation
of any provision of this Code or of any such law or resolution shall
continue shall constitute a separate offense.
B.
In addition to the fine or penalty hereinabove provided,
any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of
the provisions of this Code or any such law or resolution shall be
deemed a public nuisance and may be, by the Village, abated as provided
by law, and each week that such condition continues shall be regarded
as a new and separate offense.
[Amended 3-18-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
In all cases where the same offense may be made
punishable or shall be created by different clauses or sections of
the laws of the Village, the prosecuting officer may proceed under
any one, or more, or all of such clauses or sections; provided, however,
that not more than one recovery shall be had against the same person
for the same offense.
[Amended 3-18-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
Obedience to the provisions hereinafter set
forth may be enforced by criminal prosecution for the penalties herein
prescribed, or by civil action for a penalty or by civil remedy at
law or equity by way of injunction or otherwise to abate or prevent
a violation of the provisions of this Code. Neither a judgment in
or the pendency of a criminal prosecution for an alleged violation
of the provisions of this Code, nor a judgment in or the pendency
of a civil action at law or in equity shall be a bar to the other
form of proceeding. The imposition of a penalty for a violation of
this Code shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue,
and the remedies herein provided for penalties and civil action to
enjoin or abate a violation shall be cumulative.
