A.
Except as expressly set forth in Section 1.16.020, or as otherwise expressly provided in this code, the violation of any provision or section of the Sand City Municipal Code, or the failing to comply with any mandatory requirement of an ordinance of the City, shall be an infraction.
B.
Any
person violating any provision or section of the Sand City Municipal
Code or ordinance of the City, shall be deemed guilty of a separate
offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation
of any provision or section of the Sand City Municipal Code or ordinance
of the City is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and
shall be punishable accordingly.
C.
Any
person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of the Sand
City Municipal Code or ordinance of the City shall be punishable by:
(1) a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation; (2) a fine not
exceeding $200 for a second violation of the same provision or ordinance
within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding $500 for each additional
violation of the same provision or ordinance within one year.
D.
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this code, a violation of any requirement of
Title 15 of this code is punishable by: (1) a fine not exceeding $100
for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding $500 for a second
violation of the same ordinance within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding
$1,000 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within
one year of the first violation.
(Ord. 06-01; Ord. 17-04 §30)
A.
Any violation which would otherwise be an infraction under Section 1.16.010 may, in the discretion of the City Attorney, be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor, if a defendant has been convicted of one or more violations of the same provision of the Sand City Municipal Code or ordinance, and such convictions are admitted by the defendant or alleged in the accusatory pleading. For this purpose, a bail forfeiture shall be deemed a conviction of the offense charged.
B.
Any
person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of the Sand
City Municipal Code, unless provision is otherwise herein made, shall
be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment
in the County Jail for a period of not more than six months, or both.
(Ord. 06-01; Ord. 17-04 §31)
A.
The
Police Chief of the City is authorized to designate public officers
or employees to exercise the powers authorized by Section 836.5 of
the California Penal Code, including arrests for violations of the
Sand City Municipal Code pursuant to Sections 853.5 and 853.6 of the
California Penal Code.
B.
In any
case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this section, and that
person does not demand to be taken before a magistrate, the arresting
officers or employee shall prepare a written notice to appear (citation)
on a form provided by the Police Chief of the City and release the
person on his or her promise to appear.
(Ord. 06-01)
In addition to the penalties and remedies set forth elsewhere
in this code, each and every violation of this code shall also constitute
a public nuisance.
(Ord. 17-04 §32)
