Note: For Charter provisions authorizing the council to provide penalties for ordinance violations not to exceed those permitted by state law, see Charter § 5.06.
A. 
It is unlawful to violate any of the provisions of this code, or to do any act prohibited by this code, or to omit or fail to do any act required by this code.
B. 
Unless otherwise specified by ordinance, the violation of any provision of this code or other ordinance of the city shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Unless a different punishment is specified by ordinance, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under any provision of this code or other ordinance of the city shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
C. 
In addition to any other remedy or provision of law, the violation of any of the provisions of this code, or the doing of any act prohibited or the failure or omission to do any act required by this code is a public nuisance.
(Prior code § 1.8(a); Ord. 1301 § 1, § 1975; Ord. 1800 § 1, 1984; Ord. No. 6963, 6/18/2025)
A. 
Unless any provision of this code or other ordinance of the city expressly provides that a violation of such provision must be charged solely as either a misdemeanor or infraction, any violation of this code or other ordinance of the city may be charged, in the discretion of the city attorney or city prosecutor, as a misdemeanor or an infraction.
B. 
If a violation of this code or other ordinance of the city is charged as an infraction, such infraction is punishable by the following:
1. 
A fine not to exceed $100 for a first violation;
2. 
A fine not to exceed $200 for a second violation of the same code provision within 12 months; and
3. 
A fine not exceeding $500 for a third violation and any additional violation of the same code provision within 12 months.
C. 
Upon a third or subsequent violation of the same code provision or city ordinance within 12 months, the city attorney or city prosecutor may elect to charge a fourth violation and any subsequent violation of the code provision or city ordinance within 12 months as a misdemeanor, even where such code provision or ordinance specifies that such violation may only be charged as an infraction.
(Ord. No. 6963, 6/18/2025)
The city council shall adopt by resolution a schedule setting forth the amount of bail to be established for and imposed upon the violation of designated provisions of this code and any other ordinance of the city and charged as either an infraction or misdemeanor. This schedule, as may be amended or replaced from time to time by subsequent resolution of the city council, shall be referred to as the "Roseville Municipal Code Bail Schedule."
(Ord. No. 6963, 6/18/2025)
As an alternative to criminal prosecution as an infraction, an enforcement officer may issue a citation for a violation of this code or any other city ordinance, which shall be referred to the Placer County Superior Court for processing as an infraction, and fines shall be imposed consistent with the Roseville Municipal Code Bail Schedule on file with the Placer County Superior Court, notwithstanding the fine amounts established in this chapter for violations that are determined to be infractions.
(Ord. No. 6963, 6/18/2025)
Each person in violation of any provision of this code shall be guilty of a separate and distinct violation for each and every day during any period of time which the violation is committed, continued, or permitted to be committed or continued by such person, and each separate violation may be punishable accordingly.
(Prior code § 1.8(b); Ord. 1301 § 1, 1975; Ord. No. 6963, 6/18/2025)
Knowingly causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, or concealing a violation of any provision of this code or any ordinance of the city is unlawful and shall also constitute a violation of this code. The word "knowingly" imports only a knowledge that the facts exist which bring the act or omission within the provisions of this code or any ordinance of the city; it does not require any knowledge of the unlawfulness of such act or omission.
(Ord. No. 6963, 6/18/2025)