Chapter 1.04
GENERAL PENALTIES
Sections:
1.04.010 General Penalties
Amended by Ord. 765, December 2000
1.04.010 General Penalties
The City Council of the City of Norco intends to secure compliance with the provisions of this Code. To the extent that such compliance may be achieved by less drastic methods of enforcement the following alternate, separate and distinct methods may be utilized. Each method set forth herein is intended to be mutually exclusive and does not prevent concurrent or consecutive methods being used to achieve compliance against continuing violations. Each and every day any such violations exist constitutes a separate offense. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, each violation of the provisions of this Code may be enforced alternatively as follows:
A. Infraction - General. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Code may be prosecuted for an infraction. Written citations for infractions may be issued by police officers or nonsafety employees designated by Norco Municipal Code Section 1.05.020. Except for violations pertaining to construction on multiple-unit residential or commercial or industrial projects, an infraction under the provisions of this Code shall be punishable either by fines as is specified in the currently adopted Uniform Infraction Bail Schedule used by the Riverside County Consolidated Courts, or where no fine is specified therein by:
1. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation;
2. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same ordinance within three years;
3. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within three years.
Infraction - Construction. For violations of this Code pertaining to construction on residential development projects that consist of more than one housing unit, or construction of commercial or industrial projects, including, but not limited to, hours of construction activity, storm water runoff and discharge controls, grading, etc., shall be assessed in the amounts specified in this Chapter, as adopted by the City Council, as:
1. A fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000) for a first violation;
2. A fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for a second violation within three years from the date of the first violation;
3. A fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each additional violation within three years from the date of the first violation.
All work shall be stopped, and the building(s) red-tagged, until the amount of the applicable fine has been deposited with the City as a bail amount. The prosecution of alleged violations of this section shall be processed utilizing the administrative citation procedure as set forth in Section 1.05 of the Code.
B. Misdemeanor. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this Code may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor. Written citations for misdemeanors may be issued by police officers or by non-safety employees designated by Norco Municipal Code Section 1.05.020. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Civil Action. The City Attorney, by and at the request of the City Council, may institute an action in any court of competent jurisdiction to restrain, enjoin or abate the condition(s) found to be in violation of the provisions of this Code, as provided by law.
D. Administrative Citation. Upon a finding by the city official vested with the authority to enforce the various provisions of this Code that a violation exists, he or she may issue an Administrative Citation under the provisions of Chapter 1.05. (Ord. 879, 2007; Ord. 765, Sec. 1, December 2000; Ord. 634, Sec. 1, 1991; Ord. 527, Sec. 2, 1984)