It is 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.
(Prior code § 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.
(Prior code § 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 $1,000, 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 $100, for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not more than $200, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not more than $500.
C. 
Any provision or requirement of this code or of any code adopted by reference by this code or of any ordinance of the city not included within this code, the violation of which or failure to comply with which is designated as an infraction, shall be prosecutable as a misdemeanor upon a fourth 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 $100 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 an 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. 03-01 § 3, 2003)
The violation of, or the failure or omission to perform in accordance with, any administrative provision of this code by any officer or employee of the city shall generally not be considered a criminal act, but may be deemed a failure to perform the duties or to observe the rules or regulations of the department, office, commission, or board within the meaning of the city service ordinances and rules and regulations of the city, if applicable.
(Prior code § 1.01.260)