Part 5 — ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES

9841. • Enforcement duties.

A.

It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the provisions of this article pertaining to the use of land, and the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, alteration to, or of, any building or structure.

B.

It shall be the duty of the health department of Los Angeles County to enforce the provisions of this article pertaining to the maintenance and use of property, structures and buildings so far as matters of health are concerned.

C.

It shall be the duty of the city and of all officers of the city otherwise charged with the enforcement of the law to enforce this article and all provisions thereof.

9842. • Nuisance declared; abatement.

Any action taken or any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this article or in violation of any permit or approval granted or issued hereunder shall be deemed a public nuisance. Each day that such action or condition continues shall be deemed to be a new and separate offense.

9843. • Revocation of permits.

Failure to abide by and faithfully comply with any and all conditions that may be attached to the granting of any conditional use permit, modification or variance pursuant to the provisions of this article shall constitute grounds for the revocation of the conditional use permit, modification or variance by the planning commission. All remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

9844. • Violation; penalty.

Every person violating any provisions of this article or the terms or conditions of any permit or other approval granted or issued pursuant to this article is guilty of a misdemeanor. Conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment for not to exceed six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this article, or any permit or approval granted or issued hereunder, occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as provided in this section.

9845. • Continuity of zoning regulations.

The provisions of this article, insofar as they are substantially the same as previous provisions of the Municipal Code or any other ordinance repealed, amended or superseded upon the enactment of the provisions of this article, shall be construed as restatements and continuations of said previous provisions, and not as new enactments.

9846. • Rights under previous approvals.

A variance or modification, conditional use permit or other approval previously granted by the city and which would be eligible for consideration as a variance or modification, conditional use permit or other approval under this article shall be deemed to be an approved variance or modification, conditional use permit or other approval, respectively, under this article, subject to the terms of such approval.

A variance or modification, conditional use permit or other approval granted prior to the incorporation of the city and which would be eligible for consideration as a variance or modification, conditional use permit or other approval under this article shall be deemed to be approved as a variance or modification, conditional use permit, or other approval, respectively, under this article, subject to the terms of such approval upon the receipt by the director of a written request therefor from the property owner or his authorized representative.

All other variances or modifications, conditional use permits and other approvals or conditions thereof, not in conformance with the provisions of this article shall be deemed to be nonconforming privileges subject to the provisions of section 9701 et seq.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, if a variance or modification, conditional use permit or other approval deemed to be approved pursuant to this section, or any condition thereof, has resulted in a nonconformity, such nonconformity shall be subject to the provisions of section 9701 et seq.

9847. • Previous violation or conviction.

Any violation of and/or conviction under any provision repealed, amended or modified by the provisions of this article shall be considered as a violation of and/or conviction under this article.

9848. • Past actions and obligations previously incurred.

Neither the adoption of this article nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance of this city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty at said effective date due and unpaid under such ordinance, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations hereunto appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.