Blythe Municipal Code Ch. 15.60 Penalty for Violation

Any person, firm or corporation, whether acting for themselves, or as the agent or servant of any person, firm or corporation, that violates any of the provisions of this title, or the codes adopted by this title, or fails to comply therewith, or who violates or fails to comply with any order made under such code, or who builds in violation of any detailed statement of specifications or plans submitted and approved under such code, or any certificate or permit issued under such code and from which no appeal has been taken, or who fails to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the city council or by a court of competent jurisdiction, shall severally for each and every such violation and noncompliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail of Riverside County for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not excuse the violation or allow it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each day that a violation of Title 15 is continued or permitted to exist without compliance, shall constitute a separate offense punishable upon conviction in the manner prescribed in this section. The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of prohibited conditions.

(Ord. 825 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 2008; Ord. No. 863, § 1, 11-12-13)

(Ord. No. 863, § 1, 11-12-13)

Officers of the city who have discretionary duty to enforce a statute or ordinance are authorized to, pursuant to Penal Code Section 836.5 and subject to the provisions of this section, arrest a person without a warrant whenever any such officer has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a violation of the Blythe Municipal Code or applicable state codes in the officer's presence, which he or she has the discretionary duty to enforce and to issue a notice to appear and to release such person on the person's written promise to appear in court. Officers of the city shall not be allowed by their superiors to exercise the arrest and citation authority herein conferred, unless such officer is within a classification of city officer designated by resolution of the city council to exercise such arrest and citation authority.

(Ord. No. 863, § 1, 11-12-13)