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 New Market
 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

  § 1-6. General penalty; continuing violations; misdemeanors enumerated.  

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  • (a)

    The authorized punishments for conviction of a misdemeanor are:

    (1)

    For class 1 misdemeanors, confinement in jail for not more than 12 months and a fine of not more than $2,500.00, either or both.

    (2)

    For class 2 misdemeanors, confinement in jail for not more than six months and a fine of not more than $1,000.00, either or both.

    (3)

    For class 3 misdemeanors, a fine of not more than $500.00.

    (4)

    For class 4 misdemeanors, a fine of not more than $250.00.

    (b)

    Whenever in the Charter, this Code or in any ordinance or resolution of the town or rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the town under authority duly vested in him or it, any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of any such provision of the Charter, this Code or of any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $2,500.00 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both such fine and imprisonment. Each day any violation of the Charter, this Code or any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall continue shall constitute, except where otherwise provided, a separate offense; however, no penalty shall exceed that provided by general law for the violation of a class 1 misdemeanor, and such penalties shall not exceed the penalties prescribed by general law for a like offense.

    (Code 1977, § 1-6; Ord. No. 9, § 1-6, 6-21-93; Ord. No. 11, § 1-6, 7-19-93; Ord. No. 33, 7-15-96; Ord. No. 35, 5-19-97)

    State Law reference— Penalties for violations of municipal ordinances, Code of Virginia, § 15.1-901; bond of persons convicted to prevent additional violations, Code of Virginia, § 15.1-902; injunctive relief against continuing violation of ordinance, Code of Virginia, § 15.1-905; classification of criminal offenses, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-9; punishment for conviction of misdemeanor, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-11; punishment for misdemeanor where no penalty prescribed, Code of Virginia, §§ 18.2-12, 18.2-13; extraterritorial jurisdiction in state criminal cases, Code of Virginia, § 19.2-250.

(Code 1977, § 1-6; Ord. No. 9, § 1-6, 6-21-93; Ord. No. 11, § 1-6, 7-19-93; Ord. No. 33, 7-15-96; Ord. No. 35, 5-19-97)

State law reference

Penalties for violations of municipal ordinances, Code of Virginia, § 15.1-901; bond of persons convicted to prevent additional violations, Code of Virginia, § 15.1-902; injunctive relief against continuing violation of ordinance, Code of Virginia, § 15.1-905; classification of criminal offenses, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-9; punishment for conviction of misdemeanor, Code of Virginia, § 18.2-11; punishment for misdemeanor where no penalty prescribed, Code of Virginia, §§ 18.2-12, 18.2-13; extraterritorial jurisdiction in state criminal cases, Code of Virginia, § 19.2-250.