§ 1-8. Penalty; action to enforce compliance or to restrain violation.

Whenever no specific penalty is provided in the Revised Ordinances or in any other ordinance of the city for the punishment of an act which is prohibited or which is declared to be unlawful but is not specifically designated as a misdemeanor, offense or infraction, or for the nonperformance of an act which is required to be done and said nonperformance is not specifically designated as a misdemeanor, offense or infraction, the violation of any such provision shall be an offense and any person guilty of such violation shall be liable to a fine which shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) in amount, or imprisonment not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) days, or both such fine and imprisonment, or to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) to be recovered by the city in a civil action.

The city may maintain an action or proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction to compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation of, any ordinance of the council or any provision of the building code, sanitary code, or of the zoning regulations or ordinances, notwithstanding that the ordinance may provide a penalty for such violation.

Cross reference

Penalty for violating ordinances, Pt. C, § 8-118.