It is 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 the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless by ordinance or statute the violation is made an infraction. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this code, or the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this code, is committed, continued or permitted to exist.
(prior code § 1-3.01; Ord. 2003-23 § 1; Ord. 2010-01 § 3)
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.
(Prior code § 1-3.02)
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.
(Prior code § 1-3.03)
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.
(Prior code § 1-3.04)
Every person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this code and sentenced to imprisonment shall be imprisoned in the county jail.
(Prior code § 1-3.05)
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 cumulative, 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.
(Prior code § 1-3.06)
If any person is arrested for the violation of any provision of this code or any ordinance of the city and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate, the procedure as prescribed in Section 853.6-853.8 of the State Penal Code shall be followed.
(Prior code § 1-3.06)
Any person wilfully violating his or her written promise to appear in court is guilty of a separate violation of this code, regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he or she was originally arrested.
(Prior code § 1-3.08)