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The code of the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1965 :

the charter and the general ordinances of the city
  
  
  
  
  

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Sec. 1-5. General penalty; continuing violations.[3]

Wherever in this Code or in any ordinance of the city or
in any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer
or agency of the city under authority duly vested in him or it,
any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or
an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Code or
ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to
do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor,
where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the
violation of any such provision of this Code or any such ordinance
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand
dollars or confinement in a penal or correctional institution
not exceeding twelve months, or both.

Each day any violation of this Code or of any such ordinance
of the city or such rule, regulation or order shall continue
shall constitute a separate offense. (Code 1959, § 1-5;
7-20-64.)

 
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For general state law as to punishment for misdemeanor, see Code
of Va., § 18.1-9.

For charter provisions as to fines and imprisonment generally, see
Char., § 17. As to collection of fines, see Char., § 39. As to maximum
amount of fine and imprisonment, see Code of Va., § 15.1-901, as adopted
by Char., § 50.1.

For case holding that cities may impose penalties higher than those
imposed by state statutes, see National Linen Service Corp. v. City
of Norfolk, 196 Va. 277, 86 S.E.2d 401.