1.12.010 Civil infractions, misdemeanors, and gross misdemeanors.
(1) Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city may be subject to a civil infraction or a criminal charge. If not otherwise specified in the Stanwood Municipal Code, any violation of the city’s ordinances is punishable as a class 1 civil infraction.
(a) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 1 civil infraction shall be $250.00, not including statutory assessments;
(b) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 2 civil infraction shall be $125.00, not including statutory assessments;
(c) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 3 civil infraction shall be $50.00, not including statutory assessments; and
(d) The maximum penalty and the default amount for a class 4 civil infraction shall be $25.00, not including statutory assessments.
(2) Except where a different punishment is prescribed by the Stanwood Municipal Code, any person convicted of a misdemeanor may be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment not to exceed 90 days, or both, except that:
(a) Whenever a lesser maximum penalty is provided under state law for a violation of an analogous provision of state law then such lesser maximum penalty applies;
(b) Whenever a minimum mandatory penalty is provided for violation of an analogous provision of state law then such minimum mandatory penalty applies.
(3) Except where a different punishment is prescribed by the Stanwood Municipal Code, any person convicted of a gross misdemeanor may be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000, or by imprisonment up to 364 days, or both, with the same exceptions as described in subsections (2)(a) and (2)(b) of this section. (Ord. 1512 § 1 (Exh. A), 2023).