Section 73-C. Violations

1.  Any person who violates any of the provisions
  of this article or any local law, ordinance, order, rule  or  regulation
  adopted  pursuant to this article, shall be guilty of a violation unless
  such conduct is declared to be a misdemeanor or  a  felony  pursuant  to
  this chapter or any other law of this state.
    2. Every person convicted of a violation for a violation of any of the
  provisions  of  this  article  or  of  any  ordinance,  order,  rule  or
  regulation adopted pursuant to this article for which another penalty is
  not provided shall for a first conviction thereof be punished by a  fine
  of  not less than one hundred nor more than two hundred fifty dollars or
  by imprisonment for not more than seven days or by both  such  fine  and
  imprisonment; for a conviction of a second violation, both of which were
  committed  within  a  period of twenty-four months, such person shall be
  punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty nor more than five
  hundred dollars or by imprisonment of not more than fifteen days  or  by
  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment;  upon  a  conviction for a third or
  subsequent violation, all of which were committed  within  a  period  of
  twenty-four  months, such person shall be punished by a fine of not less
  than five hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or by  imprisonment
  for not more than thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.