§ 93.99. PENALTY.

(A) Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation who violates any provisions of §§ 93.04 through 93.13 or §§ 93.16 and 93.17 of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $25 for the first offense and $50 for the second and all subsequent offenses.

(B) Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation, who violates any provisions of §§ 93.02, 93.03 or 93.14 of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $25 for the first offense for any altered animal and $50 for the second and all subsequent offenses. Likewise, any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation who violates any provisions of §§ 93.02, 93.03, or 93.14 of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $40 for the first offense for any unaltered animal and $80 for all subsequent offenses. Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation, may have all penalties for an unaltered animal or this section waived 1 time during the life of the animal in violation of §§ 93.02, 93.03 or 93.14, if the owner chooses to have the animal altered within 30 days of the alleged violation. This option is purely voluntary on the part of the owner of the animal at issue and it shall be the responsibility of the owner to provide the Humane Officer the appropriate documentation that the animal has been altered.

(C) Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation who violates any of the provisions of §§ 93.18 through 93.21 of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $250 for the first offense and $500 for the second and all subsequent offenses.

(D) Any person, group of persons, partnership, or corporation, who violates the provisions of § 93.15 of this chapter, shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500.

(E) Should any person violating any provision of this chapter not pay the designated civil penalty at the office of the Clerk-Treasurer within 10 days after being served with the citation, the violator shall be summoned into court.

(F) A separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day that a violation occurs or continues.

(Ord. 12-1999, passed 8-24-1999; Am. Ord. 12-2006, passed 4-11-2006; Am. Ord. 18-2006, passed 6-27-2006)