It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this code. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision or requirement of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless: (1) such a violation or failure is designated as an infraction or is subsequently prosecuted as an infraction, in which case such person is guilty of an infraction; or (2) such a violation or failure is prosecuted as a civil administrative action pursuant to Chapter 1.23(A) or Chapter 1.23(B) of this title. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code, unless provision is otherwise herein made, is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment in the jail of the city or in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person and is punishable accordingly. In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code is deemed a public nuisance and may be, by this city, summarily abated as such, and each day that such condition continues shall be regarded a new and separate offense.
(Ord. 1604 § 2, 1995; Ord. 1816 § 1, 2005)
The violation of any administrative provision of this code by any officer or employee of the city may be deemed a failure to perform the duties under, or to observe the rules and regulations of the department, office or board, within the meaning of the civil service ordinances and rules and regulations of the city.
(Prior code § 1-105)
A. 
Pursuant to Penal Code Section 836.5, code enforcement officers, public works officers and employees, bureau of animal services and their officers and deputies and department of building and safety officers and employees and any other city officers and employees designated from time to time by the city manager, shall have the power, authority and immunity to issue citations and make arrests without a warrant whenever such officers or employees have reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed an infraction or misdemeanor violation of an ordinance of the city or state statute which such officers or employees have the duty to enforce, and the violation has been committed in the presence of such officers or employees.
B. 
In any case in which a person is arrested by a police officer pursuant to this authority and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the police officer making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and release the person on the promise to appear, as prescribed in Chapter 5(c), commencing with Section 853.5, of the Penal Code.
C. 
The officers and employees identified in subsection A of this section shall have the concurrent authority to issue administrative citations, as well as any other persons designated to do so by the city manager.
(Ord. 1816 § 11, 2005)