§ 16-42. Penalties.  


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  • (a)

    A first violation of the provisions of this article shall result in a warning being issued by the sheriff or his deputies within unincorporated Sumter County and by police officers within incorporated municipalities.

    Any person who, after receipt of such a warning, violates the provisions of this article shall, pursuant to F.S. § 125.69(1), be subject, upon conviction, to fine not exceeding the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment. Each day of violation of the provisions of the article shall constitute a separate offense.

    (b)

    In addition to the penalties provided by subsection (a) of this section, any violation of this article shall be subject to appropriate civil action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction.

(Ord. No. 92-5, § 9, 4-21-92)