Chapter 1.16
GENERAL PENALTY
Sections:
1.16.010 Designated.
Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the ordinances of the city shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety days or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and he shall be punished accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, violations of the following chapters of this code shall be infractions in accordance with the provisions of Government Code Section 36900: Chapters numbered 7.04, 7.08, 9.04, 9.08, 9.24, 9.32, 10.04, 10.08, 10.12, 10.16 and 10.20. (Ord. 417 §§ 1, 2, 1987: Ord. 241 § 1, 1974).