(1) Unless specifically provided otherwise, whenever it is specified in any ordinance of the city of Pullman codified in this code or hereafter adopted and codified that the doing of any act is prohibited, unlawful, or the failure to do any act is unlawful, or that the violation of any provision of any ordinance or any provision of any chapter of this code is a misdemeanor; the same are considered to be civil infractions. Civil infractions are noncriminal offenses for which imprisonment or incarceration may not be imposed as a sanction and the punishment for civil infractions shall be a monetary penalty only, which monetary penalty shall be of the sum not to exceed five hundred dollars.

(2) The burden of proof applicable to civil infractions is “preponderance of the evidence.” (Ord. 82-6 §2, 1982).