Chapter 1.20
PENALTY PROVISIONS

Sections:

1.20.010    Violation a misdemeanor.

1.20.020    Penalty.

1.20.030    Separate offenses.

1.20.040    Nuisance.

1.20.050    Authorization to cite.

1.20.010 Violation a misdemeanor.

No person shall violate any provision or fail to comply with any requirement of this code. A person violating a provision or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Ord. 90-13 § 31; Code 1990 § 1.3.01.]

1.20.020 Penalty.

A person convicted of a misdemeanor under this code, unless specific provision is otherwise made, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or both. [Ord. 91-32; Ord. 90-13 § 32; Code 1990 § 1.3.02.]

1.20.030 Separate offenses.

Each person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which the violation of this code is committed, continued, or permitted by that person. [Ord. 90-13 § 33; Code 1990 § 1.3.03.]

1.20.040 Nuisance.

A. In addition to the penalties provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of a provision of this code is a public nuisance and may be summarily abated as such. Each day that that condition continues shall be considered a new and separate offense.

B. The prevailing party in any proceeding associated with a violation of the municipal code, the abatement of a public nuisance, or where a violation of any provision of the municipal code has been declared a public nuisance, shall be entitled to recovery of attorneys’ fees incurred in any such proceeding, where the city has elected, at the initiation of that individual action or proceeding, to seek recovery of its own attorneys’ fees. In no action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding shall an award of attorneys’ fees to a prevailing party exceed the amount of reasonable attorneys’ fees incurred by the city in the action or proceeding. [Ord. 209 § 2, 2004; Ord. 90-13 § 34; Code 1990 § 1.3.04.]

1.20.050 Authorization to cite.

The city council does hereby authorize the city manager and his/her designee(s), who are employees of the city, to have citation powers, and to cite any violation(s) of this code, as provided herein. [Ord. 193 § 1, 2002; Code 1990 § 1.3.05.]