(a) Penalties. Persons employed in the following designated employee positions are authorized to exercise the authority provided in the California Penal Code Section 836.5 and are authorized to issue citation for violations of this chapter: development services director, director of planning and development services and their designees.
(b) The city attorney shall be authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter and all affordable housing agreements, regulatory agreements, and all other covenants or restrictions placed on affordable units, by civil action and any other proceeding or method permitted by law.
(c) Failure of any official or agency to fulfill the requirements of this chapter shall not excuse any developer or owner from the requirements of this chapter. No permit, license, map, or other approval or entitlement for a residential project shall be issued, including without limitation a final inspection or certificate of occupancy, until all applicable requirements of this chapter have been satisfied.
(d) The remedies provided for in this section shall be cumulative and not exclusive and shall not preclude the city from any other remedy or relief to which it otherwise would be entitled under law or equity.
(Ord. 5494 § 3, 2020: Ord. 5408 § 3 (part), 2017)