§20-612. Penalties. [35]


(1) In addition to the penalties as presently provided by law, any person in violation of this Chapter shall be punishable by fine not exceeding three hundred (300) dollars. Except with respect to Section 20-610, any person in violation of this Chapter is forever disqualified from holding any elected or appointed City office or employment with the City, its agencies, authorities, boards or commissions.

(2) City Council shall have the right to repeal legislation enacted in violation of this ordinance. The Mayor, with the concurrence of a majority of all the members of City Council, may void any award, contract, lease, case, claim, decision, decree or judgment made in violation of this ordinance, provided that no such legislative act including ordinances and resolutions, award, contract, lease, case, claim, decision, decree of judgment may be avoided because of the interest of an officer or employee unless such contract is made in the official capacity of such officer or employee or by a board or body of which he is an officer, member or employee.

(3) Repeat Offenders. Any person who commits, on more than one occasion, a violation of this Chapter, shall be guilty of a separate offense of Repeat Violation, and for each such Repeat Violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred (300) dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. A person shall be guilty of a Repeat Violation regardless whether the second or subsequent violation occurs before or after a judicial finding of a first or previous violation. Each violation, after the first, shall constitute a separate Repeat Violation offense.