A.
No person
shall violate any provision, or fail to comply with any of the requirements
of this code. Any person violating any provisions, or failing to comply
with any of the mandatory requirements of this code, shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor. Pursuant to California Government Code Section 36900,
city authorities may prosecute any violation of this code in the name
of the people of the state of California. Prosecuting authorities
may reduce any violation under the code from a misdemeanor to an infraction.
B.
Any
person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code
shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars,
or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for a period not exceeding
six months, or both such fine and imprisonment.
C.
Any
person convicted of an infraction for violation of an ordinance is
punishable by:
D.
Each
such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every
day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of
this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person, and
shall be punishable accordingly.
E.
In addition
to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted
to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code shall
be deemed a public nuisance, and may be by this city summarily abated
as such, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as
a new and separate offense.
(Prior code § 1200; Ord. 732 § 1, 1987; Ord.
850 § 1, 1994; Ord. 1129 § 2, 2019)
The violation of any administrative provisions of this code
by any officer or employee of the city may be deemed a failure to
perform the duties under or observe the rules and regulations of the
department, office or board, within the meaning of the rules and regulations
of the city.
(Prior code § 1201; Ord. 694 § 2, 1985)
If any person is arrested for a violation of a provision or
section of this code, and such person is not immediately taken before
a magistrate, as is prescribed in the Penal Code of the state, the
arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear
in court. The notice shall be given in the time and manner specified
in the Penal Code, and in accordance with the provisions therein contained.
(Prior code § 1202)
Any person wilfully violating his or her written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to the penalties specified in Section 1.20.010, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.
(Prior code § 1203)
When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time
and place specified in the written promise to appear, and has not
posted bail as provided in Section 853.1 of the State Penal Code,
or any other provisions of the Penal Code pertaining thereto, the
magistrate shall, in accordance with the provisions of Section 853.3
of the Penal Code, have issued and delivered for execution a warrant
for the arrest of such person within twenty days after his or her
failure to appear as promised; or, if such person promises to appear
before an officer authorized to accept bail, other than a magistrate,
and fails to do so on or before the date on which he or she promised
to appear, then, within twenty days after the delivery of such written
promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction
over the offense.
(Prior code § 1204)
