Chapter 4. Penalty Provisions

Sec. 1-4.01 Violation a Misdemeanor or Infraction; Public Nuisances.

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions, or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Code. Every act prohibited or declared unlawful and every failure to perform an act required by this Code is a misdemeanor unless specifically specified as an infraction in this Code. Every person convicted of a misdemeanor for a violation of this Code shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment for not longer than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment (unless this Code or state statue specifically provides otherwise).

Every person convicted of an infraction for a violation of this Code shall be punished upon a first conviction by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100) and for a second conviction for the same offense within a period of one (1) year by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200), and for a third or any subsequent conviction for the same offense within a period of one (1) year by a fine not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500). Any person violating this Code or causing or permitting a violation thereof shall be regarded as committing a separate offense on each day that the violation occurs or continues.

The schedule for designated violations of the Municipal Code as infractions is fixed as follows:

Title 4, Chapter 11—Repair of Vehicles and Boats in Residential Districts;

Title 10—Land Use. (Ord. 375 § 1, 2002; Ord. 314 § 1, 1993: Ord. 289 Div. 1, 1990: Ord. 249 Div. 1, 1987)

Sec. 1-4.02 Arrest Authority of Officers and Employees.

The City Manager, the Finance Director, the City Clerk, the Planning Director, the Public Works Administrator, the City Engineer, the Director of Public Safety and his designees, the Building Official and his designees shall have the authority as a public officer or employee to arrest without warrant another person when such officer or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has, in his presence, violated any provision of this Code, violation of which is a public offense. (Ord. 249 Div. 2, 1987)