It is the intent of this chapter to: (A) authorize City staff,
including, but not limited to, Santa Rosa Police, Santa Rosa Code
Enforcement Officers, and others as may be designated by the City
Manager, to enforce Orders of the Sonoma County Public Health Officer
and of the California State Public Health Officer within the City
limits; and (B) provide City staff with administrative enforcement
tools to assist in achieving compliance with those Orders.
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As used in this chapter, the following capitalized terms shall
have the following meaning:
"City"
means the City of Santa Rosa.
"Commercial"
means for the purpose of commercial gain or as part of a
commercial enterprise.
"Days"
means calendar days, unless otherwise indicated.
"Enforcement officer"
means any City of Santa Rosa employee or agent of the City
with the authority to enforce any provision of the Santa Rosa City
Code or ordinance, State law or public nuisance, including code enforcement
officers, police officers and any other employees designated by the
City Manager.
"Local health emergency"
means the Local Health Emergency declared by the Sonoma County
Health Officer on March 2, 2020.
"Non-commercial"
means all violations that are not included within the definition
of "commercial" within this section.
"Public health order"
means any current order issued by the Sonoma County Public
Health Officer or the California State Public Health Officer related
to COVID-19 and containing mandatory, binding, or enforceable obligations
applicable to the public.
"Responsible party"
means an individual or legal entity, or the agent or legal
guardian of such individual or entity, whose action or failure to
act violated a Public Health Order, including, without limitation,
any person or entity that causes, maintains, permits, or allows a
violation of this chapter, any person or entity that owns, possesses,
or controls any parcel of real property upon which a violation of
this chapter is maintained, or any person or entity that owns, possesses,
operates, manages, or controls any business within the City that is
responsible for causing or maintaining a violation of this chapter.
"Violation"
means an act, omission, or condition contrary to a provision
of a Public Health Order.
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All Public Health Orders issued during the Local Health Emergency
are adopted as the law of the City and deemed orders and regulations
of the Council, pursuant to
Government Code Section 8634, and are
determined to be necessary for the protection of life and property
during the Local Health Emergency.
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All procedures and remedies contained in this chapter are cumulative
and in addition to any other procedures and remedies available under
local, State or Federal law, whether administrative, civil or criminal
in nature. As such, the provisions of this chapter may be utilized
alone or in conjunction with any other procedure or remedy. Election
to employ the procedures or remedies provided by this chapter shall
be at the sole discretion of the City, and shall be without prejudice
to the City choosing to also proceed simultaneously or subsequently
by pursuing different proceedings and remedies with respect to the
same violation.
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Except as otherwise set forth herein, the procedures set forth in Chapter
1-30, Article 6, of the Santa Rosa City Code shall apply to an appeal of a citation issued pursuant to this chapter.
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