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<baltimore-city-law heading="Subtitle 8 – Penalties">
  <section prefix="§" num="6-801" heading="Enforcement by citation.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In addition to any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement procedure, this title may be enforced by issuance of an environmental citation as authorized by City Code &lt;cite data-path="|1"&gt;Article 1&lt;/cite&gt;, Subtitle 40 {“Environmental Control Board”}.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Process not exclusive.">The issuance of an environmental citation to enforce this title does not preclude pursuing any other civil or criminal remedy or enforcement action authorized by law.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
  <section prefix="§" num="6-802" heading="Penalties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">Any person who violates any provision of this title or of a rule or regulation adopted under this title is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to the penalties specified in this section.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Basic penalty: $1,000.">Except as specified in subsection (c) of this section, the penalty for a violation is a fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Operating without or in violation of license: $1,000 and 12 months.">
      <para num="(1)">For operating a food service facility without a license or in violation of the terms of a license, the penalty is a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 12 months or both fine and imprisonment for each offense.</para>
      <para num="(2)">Each day that a violation continues is a separate offense.</para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 99-548</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
