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A. Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the ordinances of Anacortes shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, however, that 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 shall apply, and, provided further, that whenever a minimum mandatory penalty is provided for violation of an analogous provision of state law then such minimum mandatory penalty shall apply.

B. Not withstanding any other provision of the Anacortes Municipal Code every person convicted of a gross misdemeanor as defined in the Revised Code of Washington and adopted by reference by the city shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a maximum term fixed by the court of not more than three hundred sixty-four days, or by a fine in an amount fixed by the court of not more than five thousand dollars, or by both such imprisonment and fine. (Ord. 2859 § 1, 2011)

Editor’s note: Ord. No. 2859, § 1, adopted Sept. 6, 2011, repealed the former § 1.24.010, and enacted a new § 1.24.010 as set out herein. The former § 1.24.010 pertained to misdemeanors and derived from Ord. 1855 § 10(a), 1981; Ord. 1985 § 1, 1985; Ord. 2151 § 1, 1990.

Additionally, § 2 of said ordinance provides that it is the intent of the Anacortes City Council that this ordinance operates retroactively to the effective date of SSB 5168, July 22, 2011.