(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this code or the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this code. Any person violating any of such provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the 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, or the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this code, is committed, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly. Any violation of this code which is declared to be a misdemeanor shall be considered and treated as an infraction subject to the procedures described in Cal. Penal Code §§ 19.6 and 19.7, when:
(1) The City Attorney files a complaint charging the offense as an infraction unless the defendant, at the time he is arraigned, after being informed of his rights, elects to have the case proceed as a misdemeanor; or
(2) The court, with the consent of the defendant, determines that the offense is an infraction in which event the case shall proceed as if the defendant had been arraigned on an infraction complaint.
(B) In addition to the penalties provided by this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code, or the provisions of any code adopted by reference by this code, shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be summarily abated by this city, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.
('63 Code, § 1-2.01)
(C) Each violation of this code expressly declared to be an infraction is punishable by:
(1) A fine not exceeding $100 for the first violation;
(2) A fine not exceeding $200 for the second violation of the same ordinance within one year;
(3) A fine not exceeding $500 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.
('63 Code, § 1-2.07)
(Ord. 362-C.S., passed 5-18-82)