§ 6-10. Penalties.
A violation of any provision of this chapter shall be a civil infraction, the penalty for which shall be as follows:
(1)
If the person alleged to have committed the infraction does not contest the citation, the person shall pay to the city a fine amount as set forth in Code section 2-87 for a Class III infraction.
(2)
If the person contests the citation and requests a hearing with the special magistrate, and if a violation is found, the special magistrate shall order the amount of the fine, not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) plus administrative costs.
Alternatively, a violation of any provision of this chapter may be prosecuted pursant to section 1-6 of the Code.
(Ord. No. 99-4, § 3, 3-2-99; Ord. No. 2011-05, § 1, 2-15-11; Ord. No. 2014-33, § 5, 11-4-14; Ord. No. 2015-17, § 3, 12-8-15)
Editor's note— Ord. No. 2011-05, § 1, adopted February 15, 2011, renumbered the former section 6-8 as section 6-9. The historical notation has been preserved for reference purposes.