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Amending various provisions of The Philadelphia Code, including: Section 1-109, entitled "Fines and Penalties"; Section A-504, entitled "Stop Work Order"; Section A-505, entitled "Cease Operations Order"; Chapter 6 of The Philadelphia Administrative Code, entitled "Penalties"; Title 6, entitled "Health Code," including Section 6-103, entitled "Penalties and Cease Operations Orders"; and Title 9, entitled "Regulation of Businesses Trades and Professions," including Section 9-601, entitled "Garages, Parking Lots, Sales Lots and Sales Showrooms," Section 9-605, entitled "Towing," Section 9-616, entitled "Retail Sale of Motor Fuels," and Section 9-1004, entitled "Contractors"; by increasing the maximum penalties for violations of various provisions of The Philadelphia Code; and making related technical changes; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 1 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
CHAPTER 1-100. DEFINITIONS, [AND]
CONSTRUCTION, PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT.
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ยง1-109. Fines and Penalties.
(1) Unless otherwise provided, the penalty for violation of any provision of the Code or any regulation adopted under it is a fine not exceeding three hundred (300) dollars for each offense. Each day the violation continues is a separate offense.
(2) For violations that are designated elsewhere in this Code as "Class II" offenses, the maximum fine shall be as follows:
(a) for any violation committed between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2005, seven hundred (700) dollars for each violation; and
(b) for any violation committed on January 1, 2006 or thereafter, one thousand (1,000) dollars for each violation.
(3) For violations that are designated in this Code as "Class III" offenses, the maximum fine shall be as follows:
(a) for any violation committed between January 1, 2...
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