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(A) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership or association, whether principal, owner, agent, tenant or otherwise found guilty of violating any of the provisions of Article 5-2 of the Goodyear City Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not less than $50 and not greater than $2,500 for an individual or not less than $400 and not greater than $20,000 for an Enterprise, or imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment. The term ENTERPRISE as used in this subsection shall mean any corporation, partnership, association, labor union, or other entity or any group of associated persons although not a legal entity.

(B) Notwithstanding the provisions in subsection (A) of this section providing for the enforcement of violations of provisions of Article 5-2 of the Goodyear City Code as misdemeanors, violation of any of the provisions of Article 5-2 of the Goodyear City Code are declared to be civil code violations that may be adjudicated and enforced by the City court pursuant to Chapter 18 of the Goodyear City Code, as an additional enforcement alternative to other remedies provided in this section. Use of this civil code enforcement alternative is not mandatory and shall be at the discretion of the City official undertaking enforcement action on an alleged violation of any of the provisions of Article 5-2 of the Goodyear City Code.

(C) Upon a finding of responsible to a civil violation of any of the provisions of Article 5-2 of the Goodyear City Code, the court shall impose a civil sanction not less than $50 and not greater than $2,500 for an Individual and not less than $250 and not less than $400 and not greater than $20,000 for an Enterprise. The term ENTERPRISE as used in this subsection shall mean any corporation, partnership, association, labor union, or other entity or any group of associated persons although not a legal entity. (Ord. 15-1320, passed 5-18-2015)