(a) 
No person, firm, corporation, or other responsible entity shall violate any provision, restriction, or requirement of this Code or any Code adopted by reference herein, any ordinance of the City, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or any condition of any permit, license, or other entitlement issued pursuant to this Code. Each such entity shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which the violation or failure to comply is committed, continued, permitted, suffered, or maintained, and shall be punished accordingly.
(b) 
Any person, firm, corporation, or other responsible entity who violates any provision, restriction, or requirement of this Code or any Code adopted by reference herein, any ordinance of the City, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or any condition of any permit, license, or other entitlement issued pursuant to this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless:
(1) 
Such requirement is classified as an infraction by the California Vehicle Code, this Code, or any ordinance of the City;
(2) 
The prosecuting attorney files a complaint charging the offense as an infraction;
(3) 
The prosecuting attorney reduces the offense to an infraction, and the defendant does not object to having the case proceed as an infraction; or,
(4) 
An enforcement officer issues an administrative citation pursuant to Article I, Chapter 4 of this Code.
(c) 
Every offense that is prosecuted as a misdemeanor, the penalty for which is not otherwise prescribed by ordinance or in this Code, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the City or County jail for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(d) 
Every offense that is prosecuted as an infraction, the penalty for which is not otherwise prescribed by ordinance or in this Code, shall be punishable by:
(1) 
A fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation;
(2) 
A fine not exceeding $200 for the second commission of the same offense within one year;
(3) 
A fine not exceeding $500 for each additional commission of the same offense within one year.
(e) 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any violation of, or failure to comply with, a provision of this Code regulating the standing or parking of vehicles may alternatively be punished by a civil penalty ("parking ticket").
(f) 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any violation of, or failure to comply with, any ordinance of the City or any provision of this Code shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be redressed by civil action or, to the extent permitted by law, may be summarily abated by the City.
(Amended by Ord. 745, adopted 1-10-84; Ord. 993, adopted 1-24-95; Ord. 1213, adopted 7-10-07; Ord. 1233, adopted 9-23-08)
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 Civil Service Ordinances and rules and regulations of the City.
If any person is arrested for violation of a section of this Code and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed in the Penal Code of the State of California, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear in court. Said notice shall contain the name and address of such person, the offense charged, and the time and place when and where such person shall appear in court.
(Added by Ord. 76, adopted 1-13-58)
Any person willfully violating his or her written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he originally was arrested.
(Added by Ord. 76, adopted 1-13-58)
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 Penal Code of the State of California, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his or her arrest within 20 days after such person's 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 which he or she promised to appear, then, within (20) days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.
(Added by Ord. 76, adopted 1-13-58)