[Adopted 11-10-1993]
A.
Whenever in this Code or in any other ordinance of
the County an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful
or an offense or misdemeanor or the doing of any act is required or
the failure, neglect or refusal to do any act is declared to be unlawful
or an offense or misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided
therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or such
ordinance shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment
in the County jail not exceeding 12 months, or both such fine and
imprisonment; provided, however, that such penalties shall not exceed
those penalties prescribed by the Code of Virginia for like offenses.
B.
Each day any violation of this Code or of any other
ordinance of the County shall continue shall constitute a separate
offense, except where otherwise provided.
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Editor's Note: For state law as to the authority of the Board of Supervisors to prescribe penalties for violation of ordinances, see Code of Virginia, § 15.2-1429. As to penalties for misdemeanors, see Code of Virginia, §§ 18.2-11 and 18.2-12. As to ordinances generally, see Chapter 14, Ordinances, of this Code.
