§ 1-12. General penalty.

Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of an act is required or the failure to do an act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300.00), and by imprisonment in the city or county jail not to exceed thirty (30) days, and to work on the city streets not exceeding (60) days. Any one (1) or more of these punishments may be inflicted, and the fines imposed therefor may be collected by execution. Each day any violation continues shall be a separate offense.

(Code 1969, § 1-8; Ord. of 11-10-87(1), § 1-8)

State law reference

Penalty to be imposed in certain criminal and traffic cases and upon violation of bond, O.C.G.A. § 15-21-73; authority to confine persons convicted of violating ordinances, O.C.G.A. § 36-30-8; punishments authorized, O.C.G.A. § 36-32-1(c); limitations on home rule powers, O.C.G.A. § 36-35-6; revenues collected from fines and fees, O.C.G.A. § 47-17-60 et seq.