§ 43-6. Penalties for offenses.

A. 

Any person, owner, tenant, lessee and/or agent having a legal interest in the subject property, who has upon his/her property a drop-off bin (1) without a valid permit or (2) which is overflowing or has items located on the ground around the bin, shall be in violation of this chapter and punishable for a first offense by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both; for a second offense within a five-year period, by a fine not less than $350 and not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both; and for a third or subsequent offense within that same five-year period, by a fine of not less than $750 and not exceeding $2,000 and imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. Each week's continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.

B. 

Any person, owner, tenant, lessee and/or agent whose name appears upon a drop-off bin (1) without a valid permit or (2) which is overflowing or has items located on the ground around the bin, shall be in violation of this chapter and punishable for a first offense by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 days, or both; for a second offense within that same five-year period, by a fine not less than $350 and not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a period not to exceed 15 days, or both; and for a third or subsequent offense within that same five-year period, by a fine of not less than $750 and not exceeding $2,000 and imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months. Each week's continued violation shall constitute a separate additional violation.