(A) A person who commits a violation of this chapter after having previously been found responsible for committing a violation of this chapter within a twenty-four (24) month period, whether by admission, payment of the fine, by default, or by judgment after hearing, may be cited for a criminal violation of this chapter.

(B) Every person who owns or controls any land, building or structure in the city, and who intentionally, knowingly, willfully or recklessly causes, suffers or otherwise allows cited violations of this chapter to exist with respect to such land, building or structure as identified in the citation/complaint, commits a class one misdemeanor.

(C) Upon conviction, the court, at a minimum, shall sentence the defendant to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) and to probation for not less than one (1) year. The court shall not suspend the imposition of the minimum fine or probation unless the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the defendant has corrected every violation for which the defendant was found guilty, and that the defendant is in compliance with this chapter. In that event the court may, in its discretion, suspend all but fifty dollars ($50.00) of the fine on the condition that the defendant does not commit another criminal violation of this chapter for three (3) years following the date of sentencing. (Ord. No. 2019-01, §§ 1, 2, 1-2-19. 1976 Code § 9-4-8)