Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, whenever in this code or in any ordinance or resolution of the city or rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the city under authority duly vested in him or it, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required, or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, the violation of such provision of this code, ordinance, resolution, rule, regulation, or order shall be punished by a fine or imprisonment authorized by state law for the jurisdiction of municipal courts, mutuatis mutandis; provided, however, that no penalty shall exceed the penalty provided by state law for similar offenses. Each day any violation of this code or any such ordinance, rule or regulation shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. (Ord. O-17-93 § 1, 1993; prior code 1-3-68)