Bradbury Municipal Code Ch. 2 General Sanitation

The City hereby adopts as its own public health code, Chapter 8.04 of Title 8, and the entirety of Title 11 of the Los Angeles County Code, as they are now constituted as of November 30, 2018, as amended in the future by Los Angeles County and approved of by the City Council, to the extent that they do not conflict with and/or are inconsistent with the City Code as it is now constituted and as amended in the future.

(Prior Code, § 5200; Ord. No. 319, § 8(5200), 2-15-2011; Ord. No. 363, § 1, 1-15-2019)

Whenever said health code uses the following words or phrases, they, respectively, shall be deemed to have the following meanings:

Board of Supervisors shall be deemed to refer to the City Council of the City of Bradbury.

County of Los Angeles or the unincorporated area of said County shall be deemed to include in its true geographical location the area of the City of Bradbury.

Health Officer refers to the Health Officer of the City, or such other public body, officer or official employed, authorized or designated to enforce the health laws and ordinances in the City.

(Prior Code, § 5201; Ord. No. 319, § 8(5201), 2-15-2011)

Three copies of the health code adopted in Section 11.02.010 have been deposited with the City Clerk, and shall be at all times maintained by the City Clerk for use of and examination by the public.

(Prior Code, § 5202; Ord. No. 319, § 8(5202), 2-15-2011)

(a) Every person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued or permitted, and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000.00, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the prosecutor, in the prosecutor's sound discretion, may prosecute a violation of this chapter as an infraction, rather than as a misdemeanor. The prosecutor may also reduce or agree to the reduction of a previously filed misdemeanor to an infraction. Every person, firm, partnership, association, or corporation convicted of an infraction for violation of any provision of this chapter shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100.00 for a first violation, a fine not exceeding $200.00 for a second violation of the same section within a year and a fine not exceeding $500.00 for each additional violation of the same section within one year. A fourth violation within one year shall constitute a misdemeanor. Each day such violation continues may be regarded as a new and separate offense.

(c) Notwithstanding anything contained in this chapter, any violation may be pursued by means of an administrative citation, in accordance with Title I, Chapter 5.

(Prior Code, § 5203; Ord. No. 319, § 8(5203), 2-15-2011)