§ 1.30. Penalties.
(a) Generally. Every person convicted of a violation of any provisions of this Code, except as hereinafter qualified [in subsection (b) or expressly provided elsewhere in the Code,] shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment, or both, not to exceed the maximum amounts as established by Minnesota law for the punishment of a misdemeanor offense. Each day's continuation of a violation shall constitute a separate offense.
(b)
Traffic code violations. Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of the traffic code, which covers the same subject for which a penalty is provided for in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 169, shall be punished in accordance with the penalty provided for in said Chapter 169, with the following exceptions:
(1)
Every person convicted of a violation of section 478.1000, "winter parking outside special snow removal zones" or of section 478.1020, "winter parking in special snow removal zones," of this Code shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(2)
Every person convicted of a violation of a provision of the traffic code, which regulates the standing or parking of vehicles, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), except that if such conviction is preceded by two (2) or more convictions within the immediately preceding twelve-month period, for violating those provisions of the traffic code regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, the provisions of this subparagraph (2) shall not apply. (Code 1960, As Amend., § 1.120; Ord. of 9-28-73, § 1; 77-Or-223, § 1, 11-10-77; 79-Or-180, § 1, 9-14-79; 83-Or-169, § 1, 7-15-83; 2014-Or-095, § 1, 12-5-14, eff. 1-1-15)
State law reference
Maximum penalty for ordinance violations, M.S. § 609.034.
Charter reference
Authority to impose penalty for creation or continuance of nuisance, Ch. 4, § 5(42); maximum penalty under charter, Ch. 4, § 6; revenue from fines to become part of general fund, Ch. 5, § 9; actions to recover penalties or forfeitures to be brought in corporate name of city, Ch. 11, § 7.