A. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the violation is made an infraction by ordinance.
B. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person convicted of an infraction for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by:
1. A fine not exceeding fifty dollars for a first violation;
2. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year;
3. A fine not exceeding two hundred fifty dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.
D. 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 the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and he shall be punishable accordingly.
E. In addition to the penalties provided in this section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by the city, summarily abated as such, and each day such condition continues shall be deemed as a new and separate offense.
F. In addition to any other remedies available under this code or state law, the city attorney is specifically authorized to initiate a civil action against any person in violation of provisions of this code, and in such action to seek injunctive relief against the violation or continued or threatened violation.
G. In addition to any other remedies available in this code or state law, violations of this code may be processed through the administrative citation provisions established within Chapter 8.13 of this code. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the city from exercising its discretion to select between criminal enforcement for a municipal code violation and enforcement through the administrative citation process established herein, or pursue both simultaneously.
(Ord. 2001-10-1296 § 1; Ord. 93-03-1152 § 1: Ord. 80-6-846 § 2; Ord. 80-5-845 § 14: Ord. 80-3-840 § 2)
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, when any minor under the age of eighteen years if charged with a violation of this code, and a peace officer issues a notice to appear in Superior Court to such minor, the charge shall be deemed an infraction unless the minor requests that a petition be filed under Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 601 and 602, and shall be heard, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 256, by the traffic hearing officer of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Court. If such minor has, for a period of fifteen or more days, violated a written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of a promise to appear, the traffic hearing officer shall give notice of such failure to appear to the Department of Motor Vehicles, all as authorized by Vehicle Code Section 40509, and shall take such further steps as are authorized by law to effect a suspension of the minor's privileges to operate a motor vehicle.
(Ord. 96-08-1206 § 1)