For violation of any provision of this Code
or other ordinance of the City of Cape May, unless a specific penalty
is otherwise provided in connection with the provision violated, the
maximum penalty upon conviction of the violation shall be one or more
of the following: imprisonment in the county jail or in any place
provided by the municipality for the detention of prisoners, for any
term not exceeding 90 days; or by a fine not exceeding $1,250; or
by a period of community service not exceeding 90 days at the discretion
of the Municipal Court Judge.
The City 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.
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 City, 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 City exists shall constitute a separate violation.
The maximum penalty stated in this article 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.