(A) In addition to the remedies and penalties contained in this Ordinance, any person violating any provision of a county animal control ordinances shall be guilty of an infraction, unless otherwise stated in such county animal control ordinances, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by (1) a fine not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) for the first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the second violation within one year; (3) a fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for each additional violation within one year. Each day a violation is committed or permitted to continue shall constitute a separate offense.
(B) Persons receiving a citation for any infraction resulting from a violation of this chapter, may choose to clear the citation within ten (10) days, thereby avoiding a visit to court and a potentially higher court fine, by demonstrating their compliance to the animal services director through their written, signed agreement and paying an administrative fee of sixty dollars ($60.00) to the department.
(C) Persons who violate a home quarantine, fail to produce an animal for quarantine upon demand, or in any other way interfere with rabies investigation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, pursuant to Section 121710 of the California Health and Safety Code and Section 9701 of the California Food and Agriculture Code, which is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per day of violation, or both fine and imprisonment.
(D) Persons receiving a citation for violation of a home quarantine, may choose to clear the citation and avoid arrest and appearance in court by demonstrating to the animal services director, in writing, their intent to comply with the order and paying an administrative fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) to the department.
(E) All violations of any provision of this Chapter are subject to enforcement through the use of administrative citations in accordance with Section 6.08.220 of the Riverside County Code of Ordinances.
(F) An administrative citation may be issued for failure to comply with an administrative abatement order of an administrative hearing officer in accordance with Section 6.20.150 of the Riverside County Code of Ordinances.
(Ord. 1631, passed 6-19-13)