Section 15.2-1429 - Penalties for violation of ordinancesAny locality may prescribe fines and other punishments for violations of ordinances, which shall be enforced by proceedings as if such violations were misdemeanors. However, no fine or term of confinement for the violation of ordinances shall exceed the penalties provided by general law for the violation of a Class 1 misdemeanor, and such penalties shall not exceed those penalties prescribed by general law for like offenses.
Code 1950, §§ 15-8, 15-77.64; 1954, c. 529; 1956, cc. 218, 664; 1956, Ex. Sess., c. 40; 1958, cc. 279, 328; 1960, c. 606; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-505, 15.1-901; 1974, c. 598; 1976, c. 582; 1978, c. 150; 1991, cc. 25, 609, 710; 1997, c. 587.Amended by Acts 1997, c. 587.Amended by Acts 1991, § cc. 25, 609, 710.Amended by Acts 1978, c. 150.Amended by Acts 1976, c. 582.Amended by Acts 1974, c. 598.Amended by Acts 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-505, 15.1-901.Amended by Acts 1960, c. 606.Amended by Acts 1958, § cc. 279, 328.Amended by Acts 1956, § cc. 218, 664.Amended by Acts 1956, § Ex. Sess., c. 40.Amended by Acts 1954, c. 529.