(A) Any violation of this chapter shall be treated as a strict liability offense; a violation shall be deemed to have occurred regardless of a violator's intent. The City Manager, Police Chief, Fire Marshal and their respective designees are charged with the enforcement of this chapter's provisions.
(B) Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity that engages in any conduct that represents a violation of this chapter shall be guilty of in infraction, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 10.99 of this code.
(C) Any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity that engages in any conduct that represents a second violation of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 10.99 of this code.
(D) This section is intended to be cumulative to, and not in place of, other rights and remedies available to the city. Above and beyond the violations and penalties specified herein, the City Attorney and/or any duly authorized city official authorized by the City Manager or the Police Chief to enforce this chapter, may pursue any other right or remedy permitted by this code or other applicable authority, including but not limited to the commencement of a civil action, or an administrative action based upon a citation issued per Chapter 12 of this code to any person, partnership, association, corporation, or other legal entity that engages in any conduct that represents a violation of this chapter.
(E) Administrative penalties for citations arising from a violation of this chapter shall be punished per the schedule of fines established by resolution of the City Council or by the park regulations.
(F) Any person who fails to timely pay an administrative penalty specified in Chapter 12 for a violation of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as provided in § 10.99 of this code.
(G) Notwithstanding the absence in Chapter 12 of any provision requiring payment due upon appeal of an administrative citation, any person appealing the issuance of an administrative citation issued upon a violation of this chapter shall pay an appellate fee established by resolution of the City Council.
(Ord. 1565, passed 12-16-09; Am. Ord. 1808, passed 2-21-24)