(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 requirements of this code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor unless by the provisions of this code a violation is declared to be an infraction. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provisions of this code or of a city ordinance is committed, continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punished accordingly.
(B) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this code, any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment in the City Jail or County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, when a person under the age of 18 years is charged with a violation of this code, and a peace officer issues a notice to appear in Superior Court to that minor, the charge shall be deemed an infraction unless the minor requests that a petition be filed under Cal. Welfare & Institutions Code. The amount of the fine imposed shall be set by the court.
(D) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, the prosecutor, in his or her sound discretion, may prosecute a violation of this code as an infraction, rather than a misdemeanor. The prosecutor may also reduce or agree to the reduction of a previously filed misdemeanor to an infraction. Every person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation convicted of an infraction for violation of any provision of this code, other than local building and safety codes and those provided for in division (C) herein, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $200 for a second violation of the same section within one year, and a fine not exceeding $500 for each additional violation of the same section within one year. Every person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation convicted of an infraction for violation of any San Gabriel building and safety code provision shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $500 for a second violation of the same section within one year, and a fine not exceeding $1,000 for each additional violation of the same section within one year.
('65 Code, § 1-2.01) (Ord. 334-C.S., passed - - ; Am. Ord. 453-C.S., passed 8-1-95; Am. Ord. 606-C.S., passed 10-1-13)
Statutory reference:
Penalties for misdemeanor violations, see Cal. Penal Code § 19
Penalties for infractions, see Cal. Gov't Code §§ 36900 through 26901
Imprisonment, see Cal. Gov't Code §§ 36903 through 36904