§ 1-9. General penalty; continuing violations; abatement of nuisances.

(a)

Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or city resolution amending this Code, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, 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, where no specific penalty is provided therefor in this Code or by general law, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance or resolution shall be punishable by:

(1)

A fine not to exceed $3,500.00;

(2)

Imprisonment for a period not to exceed 90 days;

(3)

A sentence to perform labor on the roads and streets or other public works of the city for not more than 90 days; or

(4)

Any one or more of the penalties stated in subsections (a)(1) through (3) of this section.

Each day any violation of any provision of this Code or of any ordinance or resolution shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

In addition to the penalties provided in this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code or any ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be abated by the city, as provided by law, and each day that such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

(Code 1989, § 1-8)

State law reference

Maximum penalties, O.C.G.A. §§ 36-35-6, 36-32-1, 36-32-5; additional penalties in certain traffic cases, O.C.G.A. § 15-21-73; authority to impose community service as punishment, O.C.G.A. § 17-10-1; alternative sentences by municipal courts, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-5.