American Canyon Municipal Code Ch. 1.24 General Penalty

(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 or any provision of any ordinance of the city not included within this code. Any person violating any of such provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code or any code adopted by reference by this code or any other city ordinance shall be guilty of an infraction, unless such violation is specifically designated as constituting a misdemeanor. 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 this code, or any provision of any code adopted by reference by this code, or of any other city ordinance, is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, and may be punished accordingly.

(B) Any provision or requirement of this code or otherwise as referred to above, the violation of which or the failure to comply with which, is designated as an infraction, may be prosecutable as a misdemeanor upon a fourth violation and each violation thereafter of the same provision by the same individual.

Ord. 2017-01 § 1, 2017

Ord. 94-01 § 1, 1994

Previously codified as 1.01.200

Whenever in the ordinances of the city any act or omission is made unlawful,

it shall include causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act or omission.

Ord. 94-04 § 13, 1994

Previously codified as 1.01.210

Any violation expressly declared to be punish-able, in

the discretion of the court, by either a fine, or by a fine or imprisonment, or both, shall become an infraction for all purposes under any of the following circumstances:

(A) Where a judgment imposes a punishment of a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars in the case of a first offense; or

(B) When the court grants probation to a defendant without the imposition of a sentence and, at the time of granting probation, or on application of the defendant or probation officer thereafter, the court declares the offense to be an infraction; or

(C) When the city attorney or any deputy district attorney files in a court having jurisdiction over misdemeanor offenses a complaint specifying that the offense is an infraction.

Ord. 94-01 § 2, 1994

Previously codified as 1.01.220

(A) Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(B) Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this code shall be punishable for a first conviction by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, for a second conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within a period of one year by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.

Ord. 94-01 § 3, 1994

Previously codified as 1.01.230

The violation of, or the failure or omission to perform in

accordance with any administrative provision of this code by any officer or employee of the city shall generally not be considered a criminal act, but may be deemed a failure to perform the duties or to observe the rules or regulations of the department, office, commission or board within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the city, or of the civil service or other personnel regulations of the city if applicable.

Previously codified as 1.01.270