19750916 1975-39 ORDINANCE NO ~1975'39
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1-7
OF THE FAIRFAX CITY CODE
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia that Section 1-7 of the Code of the
City of Fairfax be, and hereby is, amended and reenacted
to read in its entirety as follows:
"Sec. 1-7. Classification of offenses; pum,ishment
therefor; general penal~ty; continuing
violations.
"1. Misdemeanors are classified, for the purposes of
punishment and sentencing, into four classes:
a) Class 1 misdemeanor
b) Class 2 misdemeanor
c) Class 3 misdemeanor
d) Class 4 misdemeanor
"2. The authorized punishments for conviction of a
misdemeanor are:
a) for class 1 misdemeanors, confinement in jail for
not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than
one thousand dollars, either or both.
b) for class 2 misdemeanors, confinement in jail
for not more than six months and a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars, either or both.
c) for class 3 misdemeanors, a fine of not more than
five hundred dollars.
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d) for class 4 misdemeanors, a fine of not more than
one hundred dollars.
"3. Whenever in this Code or in any ordinance or
resolution of the city or rule or regulation or order pro-
mulgated by an officer or agency of the city 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 this Code or such ordinance, resolution,
rule, regulation or order shall be deemed to be a class 1
misdemeanor.
"4. Each day any such violation shall continue shall
constitute, except where otherwise provided; a separate
offense."
This ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon its adoption.
Introduced: September 2, 1975
Adopted: September 16, 1975
Attest:
Ci~y- C~erk