§ 1-14. General penalty for violation of Code; separate offenses.  


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  • 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 an offense, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any act or the commission of any omission is declared to be unlawful or an offense, 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 an offense punishable by a fine of up to 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.

(Code 1951, § 6-7)

State law reference

Power of city to impose fines, Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 24, §§ 1-2-1, 1-2-1.1.

Cross reference

Motor vehicles and traffic, Ch. 17; offenses and miscellaneous provisions, Ch. 18; police, Ch. 22.