1-4-1: VIOLATIONS; GENERAL PENALTY:
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. Subject to the provisions of this section, any person violating any such provision or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any such violation or failure to comply may be prosecuted either by the city attorney, the deputy city attorney, or by the district attorney of the county of Kings, and the city attorney, deputy city attorney, or district attorney shall have and exercise discretion to prosecute such violation or failure to comply as an infraction instead of as a misdemeanor when justice so requires. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall be punished as provided by law; any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this code shall be punished as provided in subdivision (b) of section 36900 of the California Government Code, which provides that every violation determined to be an infraction is punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation, a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year, and a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year. 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.
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. (Ord. 2000-12, 12-5-2000)