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 Stillwater
 Code of Ordinances
 Part II. STILLWATER CITY CODE
 Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 1-14. Penalties for violation of Code.  

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  • Whenever in this Code or in other ordinance of the city, or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in him, or it, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful, it shall be a misdemeanor unless otherwise specifically stated; and where no specific penalty is provided therefore, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the city, or such rule, regulation, or order, shall be punished as follows:

    (1)

    If the violation is a Class A offense, it shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $750.00 and costs, and/or by imprisonment not exceeding 60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment;

    (2)

    If the violation is a Class B offense, it shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $200.00 and costs;

    (3)

    If the violation is a Class C offense, it shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 and costs;

    (4)

    If the violation is a Class D offense, it shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00 and costs, and/or by imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or, by both such fine and imprisonment.

    If any act or omission is declared to be a Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D offense, it shall be punishable as indicated above. In the absence of any other penalty, an offense shall be a Class C offense.

    Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall continue or occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.

(Code 1966, §§ 7-2, 14-1; Code 1982, § 1-8; Ord. No. 1576, § 2, 6-7-1975; Ord. No. 1645, § 10, 6-21-1976; Ord. No. 2095, § 1, 9-19-1983; Ord. No. 2388, § 1, 9-17-1990; Ord. No. 2715, § 1, 7-9-2001; Ord. No. 2750, § 1, 5-13-2002; Ord. No. 3149, § 1, 9-19-2011, eff. 10-1-2011)

State law reference

Penalty authority, 11 O.S. § 14-111; jurisdiction of criminal court not of record, 11 O.S. § 27-103; arrests and bail, 11 O.S. §§ 27-117, 27.117.1.