§ 8-3. Penalties.

(a)

Petty misdemeanor and misdemeanor. Any person maintaining a nuisance as defined in this chapter, or otherwise violating this chapter, upon the first conviction thereof shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor, and upon second conviction shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. However, the first and each subsequent conviction of violation of the provisions of sections 8-180, 8-181 or 8-182 shall be a misdemeanor.

(b)

Impoundment. Any animal found to be a nuisance, as defined in this chapter, or found to be violating any provisions of this chapter, may be impounded pursuant to this chapter.

(c)

Other remedies. The provisions of section 1-18 shall also apply to violations of this chapter.

(Code 1970; Code 1992, § 300.20; Ord. No. 312, 12-2-1981; Ord. No. 312-A1, 8-29-1984; Ord. No. 312-A2, 8-15-1990; Ord. No. 1994-2, 3-2-1994; Ord. No. 1994-11, 1-4-1995; Ord. No. 1995-2, 5-1-1995; Ord. No. 1995-6, 8-7-1995; Ord. No. 2000-7, 7-5-2000; Ord. No. 2002-4, 6-4-2002; Ord. No. 2006-03, 4-4-2006; Ord. No. 2011-21, 12-20-2011)