§ 90.99. PENALTY.

(A) The Animal Control Officer of the city, if he or she has attained the status of a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010(31), and any police officer of the city is authorized and empowered to issue citations for violations of this chapter, but this section is not to be construed to empower the Animal Control Officer to make physical arrest or to give him or her the general arrest power of a peace officer.

(1989 Code, § 90.98) (Ord. 1530, passed - -1980)

(B) (1) (a) Any person convicted of a violation of § 90.02 or § 90.03 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished with a fine not to exceed $500, and/or imprisonment of up to 12 months.

(Ord. 1985, passed 11-9-1992; Am. Ord. 2351, passed 9-11-2000; Am. Ord. 2874, passed 9-28-2015)

(b) Violation of §§ 90.15 through 90.19 shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of §§ 90.15 through 90.19, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25, nor more than $100, plus court costs incurred in the county’s District Court for a first offense; the second offense for violation of §§ 90.15 through 90.19 shall be a fine of not less than $50, nor more than $100; and for a third offense and each subsequent offense thereafter shall be fined not less than $100, plus court costs.

(c) Any person, firm or corporation receiving a citation for violations from the Animal Control Officer, if he or she has attained the status of a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010(31), or any police officer of the city may, at the option of the person, firm or corporation receiving the citation, for the first offense pay a fine of $10, provided the fine is paid within the time limit specified on the citation; for a second offense the fine shall be $25, and for a third and any subsequent offense the minimum fine shall be $25. In the event a person, firm or corporation receiving a citation from the Animal Control Officer does not make payment within the time limit specified on the citation, then the citation shall be prosecuted in the county’s District Court.

(Ord. 1616, passed - -1980)

(2) Violation of §§ 90.35 or 90.35 shall be deemed a misdemeanor and any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of these sections, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $10, nor more than $100, for each and every offense, plus court costs incurred in the County District Court. Any person receiving a citation for these violations from the Animal Control Officer, if he or she has attained the status of a peace officer, as defined in KRS 446.010(31), or any police officer of the city, may, at the option of the person receiving the citation, pay a fine of $10 at the city building; provided, however, that the fine is paid within the time limit specified on the citation.

(Ord. 1530, passed - -1980)

(1989 Code, § 90.99) (Ord. 1530, passed - -1980; Am. Ord. 2019-2947, passed 11-25-2019)