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064 <br /> 23.2 Penalties <br /> a) Criminal Action: <br /> Any person, firm or corporation who <br /> violates the provisions of this <br /> Ordinance or fails to comply with any of <br /> its requirements shall, upon conviction, <br /> be guilty of -a misdemeanor and shall be <br /> punished as provided in G.S. 14-4 . <br /> Although not specifically stated, Section <br /> 23.2 limits the amount of maximum fine to <br /> fifty dollars ($50 . 00) , by default. <br /> Chapter 14 of the North Carolina General <br /> Statutes provides: <br /> §14-4. Violation of local ordinances <br /> misdemeanor. (Underlining added for emphasis) <br /> (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) , if <br /> any person shall violate an ordinance of a <br /> county, city, town or metropolitan sewerage <br /> district created under Article 5 of Chapter <br /> 162A, he shall be guilty of a Class 3 <br /> misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than <br /> five hundred dollars ($500.00) . No fine shall <br /> exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) unless the <br /> ordinance expressly states that the maximum <br /> fine is greater than fifty dollars ($50.00) . <br /> Proposed Amendment <br /> 23.2 Penalties <br /> a) Criminal Action: <br /> Any person, firm or corporation who <br /> violates the provisions of this <br /> Ordinance or fails to comply with <br /> any of its requirements shall, upon <br /> conviction, be guilty of a <br /> .......................... <br /> misdemeanor and shall be pull .;:; <br /> as <br /> provided' <br />