§ 1-5. General penalty; continuing violations.

Except for chapters 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 19, article IV of chapter 26 and articles III and IV of chapter 34 and the Unified Development Code [chapter 35], wherever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever 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 therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00); however, violations of traffic laws codified in chapter 19 of the City Code of San Antonio, Texas, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00). Unless otherwise specified therein, violations established by ordinance and made part of the City Code under chapters 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, article IV of chapter 26 and articles III and IV of chapter 34 shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00). Each day's violation of any ordinance or any provision of this City Code shall constitute a separate offense.

(Code 1959, § 1-5; Ord. No. 57452, § 2, 8-18-83; Ord. No. 66109, § 1, 11-19-87; Ord. No. 69740, §§ 1, 2, 6-29-89; Ord. No. 2009-09-17-0731I, § 2, 9-17-09; Ord. No. 2016-06-30-0518 , § 2, 6-30-16)