THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 10-1200 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 10-1200. POSTING OF TEMPORARY SIGNS.
§10-1207. Penalties.
Any person who erects signs, stickers or posters in a manner contrary to the provisions of this Chapter [, except subsection 10-1202(6), shall upon summary conviction,]
shall
be subject to a fine or penalty not exceeding [fifty (50) dollars]
three hundred (300) dollars.
[Any person who violates subsection 10-1202(6) shall be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred (300) dollars.] The erection of each individual sign, sticker or poster in violation of [subsection 10-1202(6)]
this Chapter
shall constitute a separate offense for which a separate penalty may be imposed.
Repeat Offenders. A person who violates, on more than one occasion, any provision of this Chapter [, except Section 10-1202(6),] shall be guilty of a separate offense of Repeat Violation, and for each such Repeat Violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than
three hundred (300) dollars.
[fifty (50) dollars, or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days, or both. Any person who violates, on more than one occasion, Section 10-1202(6) of this Chapter, shall be guilty of a separate offense of Repeat Violation, and for each such Repeat Violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred (300) dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ninety (9|10�13|) days, or both] A person shall be guilty of a Repeat Violation regardless whether the second or subsequent violation occurs before or after a judicial finding of a first or previous violation. Each violation, after the first, shall constitute a separate Repeat Violation offense.
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