1.12.010 - Penalty for violations.

No person, firm, corporation, or other responsible entity shall violate any provision, restriction, or requirement of this code or any code adopted by reference herein, any ordinance of the city, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or any condition of any permit, license, or other entitlement issued pursuant to this code. Each such person or entity shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which the violation or failure to comply is committed, continued, permitted, suffered, or maintained, and shall be punished accordingly.

Any person, firm, corporation, or other responsible entity who violates any provision, restriction, or requirement of this code or any Code adopted by reference herein, any ordinance of the city, any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, or any condition of any permit, license, or other entitlement issued pursuant to this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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, or by imprisonment in the city or county jail 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 is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, and shall be punished accordingly.

In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any provision of this code shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by the city, summarily abated as such. Every day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

(Prior code §1200).

(Ord. No. 698, § 1, 4-17-2019)