§ 1-11. General penalty for violation of Code; separate offenses.

(a)

Whenever in this Code, or in any ordinance of the city, any act or omission is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, or whenever in this Code or any ordinance the doing of any act or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, and state law does not provide otherwise, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be a violation punishable by a fine of no less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and no more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Unless specifically provided otherwise, or the context thereof so dictates, each day any violation of any provision of this Code or any ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the penalty for a violation of the provisions of this Code shall not be less than that imposed by statute for the same offense.