§ 1-8. General penalty; continuing violations

(a) 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 this Code or ordinance of the city 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, the violation of any such provision of this Code or ordinance of the city shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by any state law or statute, the same penalty so fixed by state law or statute shall be imposed for the punishment of such offense and no other, except that imprisonments, when made under this section, may be in the city jail instead of the county jail.

(b) Unless otherwise specified, each day any violation of any provision of this Code or of any ordinance of the city shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

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

(Code 1975, § 1-8)

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Limitation on penalty, RSMo 79.470.