It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision
or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this code or
the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this code or any
provision of any ordinance of the city not included within this code.
Any person violating any such provisions or failing to comply with
any of the mandatory requirements of this code or any code adopted
by reference by this code or any other city ordinance shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor, unless such violation is specifically designated
as constituting an infraction. Each such person shall be guilty of
a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which
any violation of any provision of this code, or any provision of any
code adopted by reference by this code, or of any other city ordinance,
is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and may be punished
accordingly.
(Ord. 90-02 § 1 (1.01.200))
Whenever any act or omission is made unlawful by this code,
it shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering
or concealing the fact of such act or omission.
(Ord. 90-02 § 1 (1.01.210))
A. Any
conviction of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or
by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
B. Any
conviction of an infraction under the provisions of this code shall
be punishable for a first conviction by a fine of not more than one
hundred dollars, for a second conviction within a period of one year
by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and for a third or
any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars.
C. Any
provision or requirement of this code or of any code adopted by reference
by this code of any ordinance of the city not included within this
code, the violation of which or the failure to comply with which is
designated as an infraction, shall be prosecutable as a misdemeanor
upon a third violation within a period of one year and each violation
thereafter of the same provision by the same individual within a period
of one year.
D. Any
violation expressly declared to be punishable, in the discretion of
the court by either a fine, or by a fine or imprisonment, or both,
shall become an infraction for all purposes under any of the following
circumstances:
1. Where
a judgment imposes a punishment of a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars in the case of a first offense; or
2. When
the court grants probation to a defendant without the imposition of
a sentence and, at the time of granting probation, or on application
of the defendant or probation officer thereafter, the court declares
the offense to be an infraction; or
3. When
the city attorney or any deputy district attorney files in a court
having jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses a complaint specifying
that the offense is an infraction.
(Ord. 90-02 § 1 (1.01.220))
Imprisonment for violation of any city ordinance shall be in
the County Jail.
(Ord. 90-02 § 1 (1.01.230))