§ 1.20.150. Criminal violation—Penalty.

Whenever in this code or in any ordinance of the county or in any rule or regulation promulgated pursuant thereto any act is prohibited or made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor or infraction, where no specific penalty is provided, the violation of any such provision of this code, or any other ordinance, rule or regulation of the county, shall be punishable as follows:

A.

If designated as an infraction, the violation thereof shall be punishable in accordance with Government Code Section 25132 as follows:

1.

A violation of local building and safety codes by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation, five hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year, and one thousand dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

2.

All other violations by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation, two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year, and five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

B.

In all other instances, the violation shall be a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with Government Code Section 25132(a) and Penal Code Section 19 by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or both.

(Ord. 1270 § 1, 2005: Ord. 1241 § 4, 2004: Ord. 1211 § 1 (part), 2002)