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Town of Bethany Beach, DE Penalties
Ch 1 Art I Penalties
§ 1-1 Fines and penalties.
§ 1-2 Alderman's Court costs.
§ 1-3 Victims Compensation Fund assessment.
§ 1-4 Updates to vehicles and traffic penalties.
§ 1-5 Updating of penalties schedule.
Article I: Penalties
[Adopted 2-17-2006 by Ord. No. 408 (Ch. 2 of the 1992 Code)]
Chapter 1: General Provisions Article I Penalties
[Amended 8-17-2007 by Ord. No. 429; 2-15-2008 by Ord. No. 433; 4-18-2008 by Ord. No. 435; 5-15-2009 by Ord. No. 447; 5-20-2011 by Ord. No. 464; 6-17-2011 by Ord. No. 465; 8-19-2011 by Ord. No. 468; 10-21-2011 by Ord. No. 469; 3-16-2012 by Ord. No. 475; 9-21-2012 by Ord. No. 482; 5-15-2015 by Ord. No. 512[1]]
Upon conviction of violating the following provisions of the Town Code, the violator shall pay the costs of prosecution, the appropriate Victim's Compensation Fund assessment, and such fine/penalty as set forth below; provided, however, that any violation of the parking regulations set out in Articles I, II, III, or IV of Chapter 227 shall be paid, in full, within 14 days of the date of the issuance or summons for such violation or the amount of the fine or penalty for such violation shall be doubled. This proviso regarding the doubling of such fines not paid within 14 days shall not apply to any parking violation charged under Title 21 of the Delaware Code and issued on a State of Delaware Uniform Traffic Complaint.
Posting advertisements in public places restricted
Not less than $50 nor more than $100
Not less than $100 nor more than $500
Circuses, carnivals, and exhibitions
Subsection A, Failure to have responsible person on duty:
Not less than $200 nor more than $500
Subsection B, Failure to post notice
Not less than $25 nor more than $100
§ 123-5A
Commercial activities and concessionaires: conduct of commercial activities
Airplanes: restrictions on altitude and horizontal radius
Not less than $500 nor more than $1,000
Airplanes: landings within town restricted
Not less than $2,500 nor more than $5,000
Fine for unmanned aircraft
Consumption or possession by minors: possession in public places restricted
Consumption or possession by minors: consumption in public places restricted:
Not less than $75 nor more than $100
Not less than $250 nor more than $500
Licensing of commercial establishments: stand-up consumption of alcoholic liquor prohibited:
§ 217-16A
Closing hours for sale in hotels and restaurants
Sleeping on beach, on any publicly owned property or in a vehicle
Keeping boats along beach prohibited
Materials to be buried
Not less than $100 nor more than $200
General and permit parking provisions
Subsection A(1): on a sidewalk
Subsection A(2): blocking driveway
Subsection A(3): within intersection
Subsection A(4): within 15 feet of fire hydrant
Subsection A(5): on a crosswalk
Subsection A(6): within 20 feet of crosswalk at intersection
Subsection A(7): within 30 feet of stop sign
Subsection A(8): within 20 feet of a fire station
Subsection A(9): along any street excavation
Subsection A(10): double-parked
Subsection A(11): where official signs prohibit
Subsection B: unattended (running) vehicle
Subsection C: parked on roadway/bike path
Subsection E: parallel parking only
Subsection F: against authorized traffic movement
All other violations of § 227-1
Not less than $10 nor more than $50
Failure to pay within 14 calendar days from the date of issuance, and after written notice from the Town
Double the initial fine to recover the cost of vehicle registration search and postage
Residential parking permit system:
Parking on vacant or unimproved residential lots
Subsection D(1)
Subsection D(2):
§ 227-10
Stopping, standing and parking on Route 26
§ 227-15
Parking in designated locations
§ 227-19
Not less than $25 nor more than $75
§ 227-21
Route 1 parking
§ 227-26B
Additional cost for immobilizing vehicle
§ 227-26G
Vehicle immobilization violation
Not less than $500
§ 227-45
Failure to report address:
Each subsequent violation
§ 227-46B
Registration of vehicles of new residents:
Not less than $50 nor more than $200
§ 227-47B
Possession of registration card:
Not less than $15 nor more than $125
Not less than $57 nor more than $250
§ 227-48B
Operation of unregistered vehicles:
Not less than $10 nor more than $100
§ 227-49B
Not less than $11.50 nor more than $115
Not less than $57.50 nor more than $230
§ 227-50C
Not less than $172.50 nor more than $500
Each subsequent violation occurring within three years of a former offense
§ 227-51C
Not less than $25 nor more than $50
§ 227-52B
Temporary registration plates:
Not less than $28.75 nor more than $115
§ 227-54B
Operation of motor vehicles by unlicensed minors:
§ 227-55B
Authorizing or permitting the operation of a vehicle:
§ 227-56B
Licenses to operate motorcycles and similar vehicles:
§ 227-57C
§ 227-58C
Duty to carry operator's license:
§ 227-59
Subsection E:
Not less than $115 nor more than $575
Not less than $57.50 nor more than $115
§ 227-60
Same fines as those established for like offenses under Title 21 of the Delaware Code as the same now exists or as it shall from time to time hereafter be amended
§ 227-61B
§ 227-62D
Speed exhibitions:
Not less than $28.75 nor more than $230
Not less than $57.50 nor more than $460
§ 227-63B
Speed restrictions on elevated structures:
§ 227-64B
Driving over sand dunes:
§ 227-65B
Walking on highways under influence of drugs or liquor:
§ 227-66B
Obedience to traffic control devices required:
§ 227-67B
No-passing zones:
§ 227-68B
Not less than $100 nor more than $300
Not less than $300 nor more than $500
§ 227-69C
Careless or inattentive driving:
§ 227-70B
§ 227-71G
Handicapped parking and signage for persons with disabilities:
Mandatory fine of $100
Mandatory fine of $200 or a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or both
§ 227-72B
Limitations on backing:
§ 227-73B
Driving on divided highways:
§ 227-74D
Stop signs and yield signs:
§ 227-75D
Red traffic lights:
§ 227-76
Soliciting rides unlawful:
§ 227-77
Interfering with driver unlawful:
§ 227-78
Throwing articles from vehicles unlawful:
Subsection G:
Not less than $115 nor more than $287.50
Not less than $287.50 nor more than $500
Subsection H:
Not less than $460
§ 227-79
Compliance with police officers' orders required:
§ 227-80H
Failure to yield the right-of-way:
§ 227-81B
Driving while license is suspended or revoked:
Not less than $115 nor more than $500
If suspension or revocation was the result of a violation of 21 Del. C. § 4177 or a local ordinance substantially conforming thereto
Minimum fine of $230
§ 227-82B
§ 227-83B
Mopeds and tripeds:
§ 227-84B
Clinging to vehicles:
§ 227-85B
Riding without owner's consent; protrusion beyond limits of vehicle:
§ 227-86E
Pedestrians on roadway:
Not less than $10 nor more than $25
§ 227-87B
Overtaking and passing school bus:
Not less than $115 nor more than $230
§ 227-88C
Duty of driver involved in accident resulting in property damage:
§ 227-89B
Duty of driver involved in accident resulting in injury or death to any person
§ 227-90B
Duty to report accidents:
§ 227-91C
§ 227-92B
General brake requirements:
§ 227-93B
§ 227-94B
§ 227-96B
Headlamps on vehicles:
§ 227-97D
§ 227-98C
Signal lamps and signal devices:
§ 227-99B
Additional lighting equipment:
§ 227-100B
Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment:
§ 227-101B
Construction of vehicles to prevent escape of contents:
§ 227-102G
Riding on motorcycles:
§ 227-103B
Failure to answer summons:
§ 227-105B
Not less than $25 or more than $200
§ 227-106B
Violation of license requirements:
§ 227-108C
Child restraint in motor vehicles (Each failure to provide a child restraint system for more than one child in the same vehicle at the same time constitutes a separate offense.)
§ 227-109
Oversize vehicle length restrictions
§ 227-115
Civil penalty of $250; each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation
§ 227-118
Heavy vehicles or loads
If no damage to the Town streets or other public property or improvements is proximately caused by such violation
Civil penalty of $100
If damage is proximately caused by such violation
Civil penalty of $500 plus an amount equal to the amount necessary to repair such damage (as reasonably determined by the Town's consulting engineers), whether such repairs are actually made by the Town or not
Portable on-demand storage units
§ 240-11
Dog running at large which bites a person
Not less than $50 for all first offenses; maximum fine for subsequent offenses shall equal state penalties (7 Del. C. § 1705) but shall not exceed $500, as provided in the Charter
§ 240-13
Unauthorized killing of animals
§ 240-14
§ 240-18
§ 240-23
§ 240-29
Wild, exotic, and farm animals:
§ 240-36
Animal control offenses:
§ 240-34B:
§ 240-34F:
All other violations of Article VII
Open and recreational fires; outdoor cooking
Fireworks: sale restricted
Fireworks: setting off in beach area
Games of chance: games unlawful
§ 275-6
§ 282-1
Destruction of electric lamps
$100 plus cost of repairs
§ 282-2
Disrobing in vehicles restricted
§ 282-3
Profane language: use prohibited
§ 282-4
Damaging comfort station unlawful
§ 282-5
Changing in comfort station unlawful
§ 282-6
§ 282-8
§ 282-10
§ 282-15
Disorderly dwelling units:
Not less than $50 nor more than $150
§ 282-22A(1)
Juvenile curfew: violations by parents:
Increase amount of previous fine imposed by $25 (e.g., $75, $100, $125, etc.)
§ 282-22B
Juvenile curfew: false certification:
First offense (parent):
Each subsequent offense (parent):
Increase amount of previous fine imposed by $20 (e.g., $70, $90, $110, etc.)
§ 282-27
§ 282-39
Not less than $50 nor more than $1,000
§ 298-3
Skateboards, roller skates, and in-line skates
First observed offense
Warning only; no charge
For conviction of second offense
For conviction of any third or subsequent offense within four months of written warning
§ 316-10
Knowingly causing or permitting a nuisance
Interfering with the removal of a vehicle
§ 364-3C
Realty transfer tax: effect of failure to pay; interest; penalties; liens
§ 364-4C
Realty transfer tax: construction, operation, interpretation
§ 395-2
Standard Building Construction Code
§ 395-6
§ 395-28
§ 395-22 or 395-23:
Fifteen-day suspension of business license
All sections of Part 3, Permits
Not less than $25 nor more than $500
§ 410-45
§ 425-77.8
Exceeding occupancy limit:
§ 425-96
Zoning penalties
Not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 plus court costs
§ 453-24
§ 461-5A
Each additional offense
$100, charged every 30 days
§ 475-8
Property maintenance: drainage and elevation
§ 475-15
Property maintenance: nuisances:
Not less than $100 nor more than $1,000
§ 475-22
Property maintenance: property maintenance
Not less than $25 or more than $500
§ 486-3
Solid waste: littering
§ 486-16
Solid waste: disposal and collection
§ 493-2
Streets and sidewalks: obstructions
§ 493-3
Streets and sidewalks: openings
§ 493-27
Streets and sidewalks: public utility construction
§ 500-8
§ 507-2
Trees and vegetation on public property
§ 507-5
§ 507-14
Removal of trees on unimproved lots within subdivisions and/or planned residential developments
§ 516-2
§ 516-34
Unlawful practices; emergencies:
§ 516-45
Drainage: enforcement remedies
§ 516-51
§ 530-29
Not less than $50 nor more than $100 for each sign plus the cost of removing the sign
Original § 238-55 of the 1992 Code[3]
Transportation of sewage:
Not less than $50 nor more than $100 for first offense
Not less than $100 nor more than $300 for second offense
Not less than $250 nor more than $500 for any subsequent offense
Editor's Note: Added pursuant to Ord. No. 524, adopted 6-17-2016.
Editor's Note: This section was included in Art. VII, Transportation of Sewage (adopted 11-17-1989 by Ord. No. 226), of Ch. 238, Water and Sewers, of the 1992 Code, which article was repealed 1-20-2006 by Ord. No. 402.
Costs for services of the Alderman's Court shall be as follows:
For issuing, processing and filing a warrant or summons: $29.50.
For processing a voluntary assessment agreement: $15.
For conducting a trial or accepting a plea of guilty (including a Robinson plea) or nolo contendere: $5.50.
For preparation of commitment and detention forms; each form: $2.
For preparation of bail, judgment and appeal bonds; each bond: $2.
For preparing certified transcript of the record: $7.
For issuance of a capias: $15.
Capias returned by police officer: $25.
Dishonored checks. In connection with any Justice of the Peace Court proceeding, for processing a check dishonored for insufficient funds or closed account: $30.
The Victims Compensation Fund assessment shall be as set out in Chapter 3 (Administrative Legislation — Alderman's Court) of this Code.[1]
Editor's Note: So in original. Such chapter did not exist at time of publication of the 2009 Code.
[Added 7-20-2007 by Ord. No. 428; amended 5-15-2009 by Ord. No. 449]
Anything in this Chapter 1, Article I, to the contrary notwithstanding every fine or penalty set out herein for violation of any provision(s) of Chapter 227, Vehicles and Traffic, shall be and hereby is automatically and without further action by the Town Council updated, amended and revised to reflect and provide the same fine or penalty as set out in Chapters 3, 7, 21, 25, 27, 41, 42, 43, and 48 of Title 21 of the Code of Delaware for the corresponding motor vehicle violations set out in said Chapters 3, 7, 21, 25, 27, 41, 42, 43, and 48 of Title 21, provided that where there is no state motor vehicle violation corresponding to any motor vehicle violation established by Chapter 227 of the Town Code or where there exists reasonable doubt that a motor vehicle violation established by Chapter 227 of the Town Code corresponds to a motor vehicle violation established by Chapters 3, 7, 21, 25, 27, 41, 42, 43, and 48 of Title 21, then in such event the fine or penalty set out in this article of the Town Code shall apply and control; provided, however, that the following sections of Chapter 227 shall not be subject to the automatic "adoption by reference" provision of this § 1-4, but the fines and penalties for such sections shall be as established from time to time by ordinance duly enacted by the Town Council:
Section 227-1.
Subsection A(1), On a sidewalk.
Subsection A(2), Blocking driveway.
Subsection A(3), Within intersection.
Subsection A(4), Within 15 feet of fire hydrant.
Subsection A(5), On a crosswalk.
Subsection A(6), Within 20 feet of crosswalk at intersection.
Subsection A(7), Within 30 feet of stop sign.
Subsection A(8), Within 20 feet of a fire station.
Subsection A(9), Along any street excavation.
Subsection A(10), Double parked.
Subsection A(11), Where official signs prohibit.
Subsection B, Unattended (running) vehicle.
Subsection C, Parked on roadway/bike path.
Subsection E, Parallel parking only.
Subsection F, Against authorized traffic movement.
Section 227-4, Vehicles and Traffic, residential parking permit system, penalties for offenses.
Subsection A, No parking permit.
Subsection B, Permit not visible or displayed.
Subsection C, Use of parking permit under changed circumstances.
Subsection E, Use of lost or stolen parking permit.
Section 227-8, Parking on vacant or unimproved residential lots, penalties.
Subsection D(1), Paying compensation to park on vacant residential lot, parking on vacant residential lot at express or implied invitation to patronize commercial activity.
Subsection D(2), Allowing parking on vacant residential lot in exchange for compensation or in conjunction with commercial activity.
Section 227-9, Stopping standing and parking on Route 26.
Section 227-15B, Improperly parked in metered space.
Section 227-17, Tampering with meters.
Section 227-19.
Subsection A, Expired meter.
Subsection B, Failure to pay meter or display permit.
Section 227-20, Parking, stopping and standing on Route 1.
Section 227-71G, Handicapped parking and signage for persons with disabilities.
Section 227-109, Length restrictions established.
Section 227-115, Shuttle buses.
Section 227-118, Heavy vehicles or loads.
§ 1-5 Updating of penalties schedule. [1]
Penalty provisions in future legislation added to the Code shall be deemed to amend the penalties schedule contained in § 1-1, with or without specific reference thereto.