Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or resolution of the Town
any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense,
or whenever in such Code, ordinance or resolution the doing of any act is
required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense,
where no specific penalty is provided therefor either in this Code or in state
law, the violation of any such provision of this Code, or any such ordinance
or resolution, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment
not exceeding 30 days in some jail or house of correction, and/or required
to pay restitution in cases involving property damage or personal injury in
an amount up to $2,500 and/or be required to provide voluntary community service
for the Town or its agencies for not more than 10 days for any one offense,
unless other penalties therefor, or penalties within other limits, are specially
prescribed by statute, to be prosecuted by some officer appointed for that
purpose, and to be recovered to the use of the Town. Each day any violation
of this Code or of any such ordinance or resolution shall continue shall constitute
a separate offense.
In addition to the penalty hereinabove provided, any condition caused
or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code or
any such ordinance or resolution shall be deemed a public nuisance and may
be, by the Town, abated as provided by law, and each day that such condition
continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.