§ 1-8. General penalty; continuing violations.

(a)

Wherever in this Code, or in any ordinance of the county any act is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of any such provision of this Code, or any such ordinance, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding $500.00 or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days.

(b)

Each day any violation of this Code, or any such ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation or order shall continue, shall constitute, except where otherwise provided, a separate offense.

(c)

The general penalty set forth in this section, and any penalty in this Code applicable apart from the general penalty, is distinct from any and all administrative fees, assessments and surcharges which are or may be established by the state legislature and which shall be added to any penalty imposed under this section or any other section of this Code.

(Code 1981, § 1.106; Code 1985, § 1-8; Ord. No. 95-280, § 1, 6-27-1995)

State law reference

Authority to provide penalties for ordinance violations not in excess of jurisdiction of magistrates' courts, S.C. Code 1976, § 4-9-30(14); jurisdiction of magistrates' courts, S.C. Code 1976, § 22-3-550.