A. 
Whenever in this Code, or any other ordinance of the City, any act is prohibited or made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act declared to be unlawful, and the violation of any such provision of this Code or such ordinance is not specifically declared to be a misdemeanor, such violation shall be an infraction and shall be punishable as provided by law. Such violation may also be redressed by civil action. In certain cases where violation of a provision of the Code is specifically declared to be a misdemeanor, the City Attorney shall have the discretion to charge and prosecute such violation as an infraction.
B. 
Every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance of the City shall continue, shall constitute a separate offense.
(Prior code § 0107)
Imprisonment for violation of any provisions of this Code and of any other Ordinance of the City shall be in the City or County jail as the court may prescribe, unless the ordinance or Code provision specifies the place of imprisonment.
(Prior code § 0108)
The expense of the imprisonment of any person imprisoned in the county jail under a sentence of imprisonment imposed by a court having jurisdiction for the violation of this Code or any other ordinance of the City shall be a charge in favor of the county and against the City and shall be payable out of the general fund of the City.
(Prior code § 0110)
An officer or employee of the City designated by Council resolution is empowered to enforce any provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the City, the violation of which provision or provisions constitute an infraction or misdemeanor, and said employee shall be deemed a public officer or employee empowered by virtue of this Code Section and Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code to give citations for such violations whenever such officer or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person cited has committed such misdemeanor or infraction in his or her presence which is a violation of the Code Section or ordinance which such officer or employee has the duty to enforce.
(Prior code § 0127)
The violation of any provision of this Code or the failure to comply with any of the requirements of this Code and the causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, or suffering such an act or failure to act shall be and the same is hereby declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance; and the same may be abated or corrected by court process, by action of City forces or by the filing of a criminal action for violation of this Code; said remedies to be cumulative.
(Prior code § 0128)
When in this Code or in any other ordinance of the City an officer or employee of the City is empowered and has the duty to issue a regulatory permit, and the officer or employee has reason to believe that the applicant is engaged in or has on his or her premises a violation of law or a clearly evident but prospective violation of law, ordinance, or City regulation, and the exercise of the permit will propagate, encourage, or perpetuate the violation, then the officer or employee, with the approval of the City Attorney, may refuse to issue the permit until such time as it is established that the violation has been abated, does not exist, or will not occur, provided that the officer or employee, may, with the concurrence of the City Attorney, issue the permit upon conditions reasonably calculated to eliminate the violation and in such case the permit may be revoked upon failure to perform or conform to the condition.
(Prior code § 0131)