[Adopted 12-31-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-37 (§ 1-5 of the 2001 Code)]
[Amended 4-22-2004 by Ord. No. 2004-18; 3-15-2006 by Ord. No. 2006-6]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the Township, where no specific penalty is provided regarding the section violated, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 90 days or to a period of community service not exceeding 90 days at the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court.
The Township Council may prescribe that for the violation of any particular provision of the Code or of any particular ordinance at least a minimum penalty shall be imposed which shall consist of a fine which may be fixed at an amount not exceeding $100. The Court before which any person is convicted of violating any ordinance or Code provision shall have power to impose any fine, term of punishment, or period of community service not less than the minimum and not exceeding the maximum fixed in the Code or such ordinance.
A.
Any person who is convicted of violating this Code or an ordinance within one year of the date of a previous violation of the same provision of this Code or of the same ordinance and who was fined for the previous violation shall be sentenced by a Court to an additional fine as a repeat offender. The additional fine imposed by the Court upon a person for a repeated offense shall not be less than the minimum or exceed the maximum fine fixed for a violation of the ordinance or Code provision but shall be calculated separately from the fine imposed for the violation of the ordinance or Code provision.
B.
If the Township Council chooses not to impose an additional fine upon a person for a repeated violation of any municipal ordinance, the governing body may waive the additional fine by ordinance or resolution.
Any person convicted of the violation of any provision of this Code or any ordinance may, in the discretion of the Court by which he was convicted, and in default of the payment of any fine imposed therefor, be imprisoned in the county jail or place of detention provided by the Township for any term not exceeding 90 days, or be required to perform community service for a period not exceeding 90 days.
Except as otherwise provided, each and every day in which a violation of any provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the Township exists shall constitute a separate violation.
The maximum penalty stated in this section is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for each and every violation. At the discretion of the Judge of the Municipal Court, any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all may be appropriate for a particular case or violation.
[Added 7-26-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-22]
A.
Plea. Unless a court appearance is specifically required, any violation of the ordinances provided for in Subsection C below may be settled out of court if the defendant pleads guilty by the signing of their name on the back of the summons and remitting the proper fine to the Clerk of the Municipal Court. By signing the back of the summons and remitting the proper fine the defendant is waiving their right to appear and have a hearing before the Judge of the Municipal Court.
