Sec. 46-35. - Penalties for violation.

It shall be a Code violation punishable as follows when intervention at a location to abate a gathering constituting a public nuisance occurs: (1)

For a first offense the municipal court may impose a fine of $500.00 to any person who organized and/or attended the gathering and/or any person residing at the premise and shall impose a fine of $500.00 to the record owner(s); and

(2)

For a second offense the municipal court shall impose a $500.00 fine on each person residing at the premises and the record owner(s) and shall revoke the record owner's rental registration certificate for the following rental year.

In addition to the above, the municipal court shall be authorized to order the person or persons in violation to perform community service. For a first intervention, ordering community service shall be discretionary. For a second intervention, the municipal court shall, in addition to the monetary penalty set forth above, order the person or persons in violation to perform not less than 25 hours of community service.

(Ch. 856, § 1, 5-2-2005; Ch. 891, § 1, 9-4-2007; Ch. 1046, § 1, 12-4-2017;Ch. 1048, § 1, 2-5-2018; Ch. 1129, § 1, 9-3-2024)