(a) Except for parking violations of Article 4 of Chapter 3 of Title 4 of this Code, the violation of any other provision of this Code or other ordinance of the City, may be prosecuted as an infraction punishable by fine, or as a misdemeanor and punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, in accordance with Government Code Section 36900, et seq. All violations shall be a misdemeanor unless made an infraction by: (1) the City Attorney filing a complaint in the Municipal Court specifying that the offense is an infraction; or, (2) the issuing of a citation specifying that the violation is an infraction; or, (3) the City Attorney making a motion in court to reduce a misdemeanor to an infraction if such motion is made prior to the trial on the matter.
(b) Each day a violation of this Code or other ordinance of the City continues shall constitute a separate offense. The continuing violation of any provision of this Code shall constitute a public nuisance which may be redressed by civil or criminal action, abated by mandatory or prohibitory process of a court of competent jurisdiction or pursuant to Chapter 7 of this title.
(§ 1, Ord. 770-NS, eff. February 26, 1981, as amended by § 1, Ord. 907-NS, eff. February 11, 1986 and §1, Ord. 1183-NS, eff. June 1, 1993)