[Adopted 7-8-1975 by L.L. No. 1-1975
(Ch. 1, § 1.10, of the 1975 Municipal Code); amended 5-11-1993
by ordinance (Res. No. 124-93)]
A.
Unless otherwise specifically provided, any person or
corporation convicted of any provision of this Municipal Code, rule or regulation
or any specific provision or provisions thereof adopted by the Town Board
as part of this Code shall be deemed an offense against such provision of
this Municipal Code, rule, regulation, or provision thereof punishable by
a fine not to exceed $250 or imprisonment of not more than 15 days, or both
such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that for the purpose of conferring
jurisdiction upon courts and judicial officers generally such offense shall
be deemed a violation and for such purpose only all provisions of law relating
to violations shall apply to such offense.
B.
Second or subsequent convictions of the same offense
within five years shall be deemed an unclassified misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and/or imprisonment of not more than one year,
and for such purpose all provisions of law relating to misdemeanors shall
apply to such offense.
[Amended 7-25-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006
(Res. No. 141-2006)]
C.
The penalties set forth in this section shall supersede
all other penalty provisions for violations of the Code of the Town of Southport
heretofore enacted, except those penalties mandated by statute. Furthermore,
the Town Board may specify distinct penalty provisions for any chapter or
article in the Code, as permitted by law.
[Amended 7-25-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006
(Res. No. 141-2006)]
