§ 1-10. General penalty; continuing violation.

(a)

Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance of the village any act 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 is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided, the defendant shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 60 days, with or without hard labor, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the judge trying the case. Each day's violation of any provision of this Code or any ordinance shall constitute a separate offense.

(b)

Whenever the judge shall, under this Code or any ordinance of the village, adjudge a person to pay a fine or a fine and cost of prosecution, he shall also provide in such sentence a period of time for which such person shall be imprisoned in default of the payment of the fine. Whenever the sentence shall be of one of both fine and imprisonment, it shall also provide for an additional period of imprisonment for which such person shall be held in default of payment of fine and costs. Such additional period shall commence to run from the expiration of the period of imprisonment fixed by the sentence; however, in no case shall the imprisonment for failure to pay a fine, or fine and costs, together with any other imprisonment in the same case, exceed the period of 60 days; further, whenever any act or omission declared by the general laws of the state to be a misdemeanor is recognized as a violation of the village's ordinances, and when the penalty provided by the general law for that violation is less than that provided in this section for the violation of the village's ordinances, the maximum penalty which may be imposed in such a case shall be that prescribed by the general laws.

State law reference

Penalties for violation of ordinances, F.S. § 162.22.