[Adopted 4-8-1975 as Ch. 1, Sec.
1-7, of the 1975 Code]
[Amended 10-12-1982 by Ord. No. 82-40]
A. Wherever in this Code, or in any ordinance or resolution
of the City, or in any rule, regulation, notice or order promulgated
by any officer or agency of the City under authority duly vested in
him or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful, a
misdemeanor or an offense or the doing of any act is required or the
failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, a misdemeanor or
an offense, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation
thereof, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such
ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, notice or order shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding
12 months, or both.
[Amended 7-9-1991 by Ord. No. 91-19]
B. The judgment rate of interest on all fines imposed
and costs taxed pursuant to this Code shall be 9% per annum.
[Amended 7-9-1991 by Ord. No. 91-19]
C. Each day that any violation of any provision of this
Code or any such ordinance or resolution, rule, regulation, notice
or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
[Added 8-14-1990 by Ord. No. 90-21]
A. Pursuant to § 17.1-281 of the Code of Virginia
(1950), as amended, for the construction, renovation or maintenance
of a courthouse or jail and court-related facilities and to defray
increases in the cost of heating, cooling, electricity and ordinary
maintenance, there is hereby assessed in the Circuit and District
Courts of the City, as part of the costs in each civil action, and
in each criminal or traffic case of the City in which the defendant
is charged within the City with a violation of any statute or ordinance,
a fee of $2.
[Amended 6-11-1991 by Ord. No. 91-18; 8-11-1992 by Ord. No. 92-28; 5-8-2007 by Ord. No. 07-15; 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-22]
B. Such assessment shall be collected by the Clerk of
the court in which the action is filed and remitted to and held by
the Director of Finance subject to disbursements by Council.
[Amended 6-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16-20]
C. The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition
to any other fees prescribed by law.
[Added 8-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-26]
A. Pursuant to § 53.1-120 of the Code of Virginia
1950, as amended, a fee of $20 is hereby imposed against a defendant
in each criminal or traffic case in the District or Circuit Court
in which the defendant is convicted of a violation of any statute
or ordinance.
[Amended 7-10-2007 by Ord. No. 07-22; 6-9-2020 by Ord. No. 20-12]
B. The Clerks of the District and Circuit Courts shall
charge and collect this assessment as a part of the costs of each
case. After collection by the Clerk of the court in which the case
is heard, the assessment shall be remitted to the Director of Finance
and held by the Director of Finance subject to appropriation by the
City Council to the Sheriff's office for the funding of courthouse
security personnel.
[Amended 6-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16-20]
C. The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition
to any other fees prescribed by law.
[Added 8-13-2002 by Ord. No. 02-28]
A. Pursuant to § 15.2-1613.1 of the Code of
Virginia 1950, as amended, a processing fee of $25 is hereby imposed
on each individual admitted to the Riverside Regional Jail, or other
regional or local jail, from the City of Colonial Heights following
conviction of that individual in a District or Circuit Court.
B. This fee shall be ordered as part of the court costs
collected by the Clerk of each court in the City, deposited into the
account of the Director of Finance, and shall be appropriated to and
used by the Sheriff's office to defray the costs of processing arrested
persons into the Riverside Regional Jail or other regional or local
jail.
[Amended 6-14-2016 by Ord. No. 16-20]
C. The assessment provided for herein shall be in addition
to any other fees prescribed by law.