Prior history: Prior code Sections 8100 through 8111 and Ord. No. 1177CCS, adopted 9/10/80; Ord. No. 1252CCS, adopted 6/8/82; Ord. No. 1489CCS, adopted 7/25/89; Ord. No. 1506CCS, adopted 12/12/89; Ord. No. 1621CCS § 1, adopted 4/28/92; Ord. No. 1631CCS §§ 1 through 9, adopted 6/9/92; Ord. No. 1650CCS §§ 1, 2 and 3, adopted 9/29/92; Ord. No. 1737CCS § 2, adopted 4/19/94; Ord. No. 1748CCS §§ 2, 3, 4 and 6, adopted 6/21/94; Ord. No. 1771CCS § 1, adopted 10/11/94; Ord. No. 1790CCS § 2, adopted 2/28/95; Ord. No. 1827 CCS § 1, adopted 11/7/95; Ord. No. 1835CCS, adopted 12/12/95; and Ord. No. 1945CCS § 1, adopted 6/8/99.
(a) 
No person shall erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove, improve, convert, demolish, occupy, equip, use or maintain any building or structure, mobile home or trailer, or fixture attached thereto, or commence or perform any grading, or import or export any earth materials to or from any site, in violation of any condition, provision or regulation contained in Article 8 of the Municipal Code.
Any person violating Article 8 of the Municipal Code shall be guilty of an infraction, which shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars, or a misdemeanor, which shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars per violation, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Article shall be ordered to reimburse the City its full investigative costs.
(b) 
Continuing Prosecution. Amendments to this Article 8 shall not in any manner affect the prosecution for violations thereof, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the ordinance adopting the amendment to this Article 8 and shall not affect any prosecution or action which may be pending in any court for the violation of any of the provisions thereof. As to any such violation or as to any such prosecution or pending prosecution or action, the provisions of this Article 8 in effect prior to the adoption of the ordinance adopting the amendment shall be deemed to continue and be in full force and effect.
(c) 
Restatements of Existing Law. The provisions of this Article 8, insofar as they are substantially the same as the provisions in effect prior to the adoption of the ordinance adopting any amendment of this Article 8, shall be construed as restatements and continuations and not as new enactments.
(d) 
Creation and Enforcement of Local Laws. The provisions of Article 8 are adopted pursuant to Article XI, Sections 5 and 7 of the California Constitution, in addition to the authority contained in the Health and Safety Code, and are adopted to protect the public health, safety and welfare of the City.
(e) 
Legislative Intent. The preamble to the ordinance adopting the Chapters in Article 8, and the Resolution adopted by the City Council concurrently therewith, should be consulted for further findings, background and legislative history.
(Added by Ord. No. 2054CCS § 1, adopted 10/8/02; amended by Ord. No. 2445CCS § 1, adopted 11/12/13; Ord. No. 2527CCS § 1, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 2, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 2, adopted 10/25/22)
(a) 
General. The editions of the California Building Standards Code and the local amendments contained in Article 8 of this Code in effect at the time an application for a permit is submitted shall apply to the plans and specifications for, and to the construction performed under that permit unless one of the following conditions exist:
(1) 
The City is subject to an emergency proclaimed pursuant to the California Emergency Services Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8850) of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(2) 
The permit is expired pursuant to Section 8.08.070(c) of this Code.
(3) 
The permit holder has suspended or abandoned the work authorized by the permit at any time after the work is commenced for a period of one hundred eighty consecutive days.
(4) 
The permit is subsequently deemed suspended or revoked because the Building Officer has, in writing, suspended or revoked the permit due to its issuance in error or on the basis of incorrect information supplied.
(Added by Ord. No. 2054CCS § 1, adopted 10/8/02; amended by Ord. No. 2527CCS § 1, adopted 11/22/16; Ord. No. 2623CCS § 2, adopted 10/22/19; Ord. No. 2727CCS § 2, adopted 10/25/22)