Sec. 1-4. - General penalty; continuing violations.

(a)

Except where otherwise provided in this Code or other ordinances of the town, whenever in this Code any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of any such provision shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) and cost of prosecution or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b)

Each day any violation of any provision of this Code or other ordinance of the town shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

State law reference— Comment Text (parent not a footnote)Limitation of penalty for ordinance violations, G.L. 1956, § 45-6-2.