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Glasgow General Penalty ordinance (§ 100.220)

Chapter 100: General Provisions · Article III. Penalty

A. Whenever in this Code or any other ordinance of the City, or in any rule, regulation, notice or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority duly vested in him/her or it, any act which is prohibited or is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, and no specific penalty is provided for the violation thereof, upon conviction of a violation of any such provision of this Code or of any such ordinance, rule, regulation, notice or order, except as limited below, the violator shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or by imprisonment in the County jail not exceeding ninety (90) days or by both such fine and imprisonment; provided, that in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is fixed by Statute of the State, the statutory penalty, and no other, shall be imposed for such offense; and also provided, that in any case wherein the penalty for an offense is limited by Statute of the State, the penalty imposed shall not exceed the penalty allowed by State Statute.

B. Specifically, but not by way of limitation, the penalty for a minor traffic violation or a municipal ordinance violation as defined by Section 479.350, RSMo., or as later amended or replaced, shall not exceed the penalty provisions of Section 479.353, RSMo., or as later amended or replaced.

Official source: City of Glasgow official Code of Ordinances (online), § 100.220

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.