It shall be 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. Any person violating any of such provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor or infraction. Unless a violation of this Code is specifically described in this Code as an infraction, every violation of this Code shall be a misdemeanor.
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code, any person convicted 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 City Jail or County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Code or by resolution of the City Council, and except as set forth in Section 42001 of the Vehicle Code of the State, every person convicted of an infraction shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine of $50, and for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of $100, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine of $250.
In addition to the penalties provided by this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code, or the provisions of any Code adopted by reference by this Code, shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be summarily abated by the City, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
(Amended by § 1, Ord. 41-NS, eff. August 5, 1970, § 1, Urgency Ord. 315-NS, eff. June 7, 1982, § 1, Ord. 525-NS, eff. October 7, 1993, and § 1, Ord. 581-NS, eff. December 3, 1996)
Whenever in this Code any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act or omission.
The provisions of this Code which declare certain crimes to be punishable as therein mentioned devolve a duty upon the court authorized to pass sentence to determine and impose the punishment described.
Whenever in this Code the punishment for a crime is left undetermined between certain limits, the punishment to be inflicted in a particular case shall be determined by the court authorized to pass sentence, within such limits as may be prescribed by this Code.
Every person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Code and sentenced to imprisonment shall be imprisoned in the City Jail or County Jail.
Those certain premises in the Justice Building located at 6542 Miles Avenue within the City, which premises have been used and occupied as a City Jail in and for the City since April 1951, are hereby designated and established as the City Jail of, in, and for the City and are particularly described as follows:
All that portion of the ground floor of the Justice Building of the City of Huntington Park, California, located at 6542 Miles Avenue within the City, which portion is designated as quarters and accommodations for prisoners, including the cell blocks and quarters of the Police Department, women's facilities, juvenile facilities, and the holding room of the Municipal Court in said building.
(§ 1, Ord. 1261, as amended by § 2(1), Ord. 624-NS, eff. Dec. 15, 1999)
The amount of any fee, service charge, utility charge, license, or tax of any nature whatsoever imposed by any provision of this Code shall be deemed a civil debt owing to the City. An action may be commenced in the name of the City in any court of competent jurisdiction for the collection of the amount of any such delinquent or unpaid fee, service charge, utility charge, license, or tax, together with any penalties applicable thereto as prescribed by this Code. The remedy prescribed by this section shall be accumulative, and the use of an action to collect such an amount as a debt by civil action shall not bar the use of any other remedy provided by this Code or by law for the purpose of enforcing the provisions thereof.
Regarding any violation of this Code deemed to be a misdemeanor in this Code, the Chief Administrative Officer, the Chief of Police, the Director of Community Development, or the citing police officer or code enforcement officer shall have the discretion to reduce the charge for such violation from a misdemeanor to an infraction, when such reduction is deemed to be in the best interests of the City and of justice.
(§ 2, Ord. 579-NS, eff. September 3, 1996)