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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 20-7 Fines and penalties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="20-7" heading="Fines and penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Civil fines.">
      <para num="(1)">The Director may impose civil fines for violations of:<para num="(i)">this subtitle;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a regulation, term, or condition imposed under this subtitle; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">a stop-work order issued under this subtitle.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">A schedule of fines, not to exceed $500 for any one offense, shall be established and may be amended from time to time by the Director with the approval of the Board of Estimates.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Criminal penalties.">Any person who violates any provision of this subtitle, of a regulation, term, or condition imposed under this subtitle, or of a stop-work order issued under this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of not more than $1,000, imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both fine and imprisonment, for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Each day a separate offense.">Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1927, art. 45, §172(3rd sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1950, art. 35, §89(4th par.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 26, §8(4th par.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 26, §11(4th par.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 12-192</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 50-1288</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 76-139</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 06-245</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
