A. If another section of the city code provides that a violation of a provision of the code is a misdemeanor, nothing in this chapter prevents the city from citing and prosecuting a violation of that provision as a misdemeanor, as an alternative to any civil or other penalty authorized by the city code. The city shall have authority to enforce a violation as either a civil violation, as a civil infraction, or as a criminal misdemeanor.

B. A limited commission city code enforcement officer may issue a citation for criminal violation, and cause the citation to be filed and prosecuted in the Lynnwood municipal court.

C. Unless another misdemeanor penalty is designated for a violation in another section of this code, each misdemeanor violation shall be punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of not more than 90 days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than $1,000, or both such imprisonment and fine. (Ord. 3274 § 2, 2017; Ord. 3197 § 1, 2016; Ord. 2796 § 6, 2009)