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Title 7 — PUBLIC WORKS›Chapter 3 — TREES AND SHRUBS
Coalinga Municipal Code Art. 6 Penalty
Coalinga Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · Coalinga
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Sec. 7-3.601. - Fines.¶
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the provisions of any written authority issued by the Director of Public Works, or his designee, shall be liable for a civil penalty of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per day for each and every day, or any part thereof, during which any such violation is committed, continued or permitted, which shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the City.
In any civil action recommended by the City under this chapter, the City shall be entitled to recover from the defendant in any such action reasonable attorney's fees and costs of suit.
(§ B, Ord. 583, eff. May 4, 1991)
Sec. 7-3.602. - Infraction/misdemeanor.¶
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter or any of the provisions of any written authority issued by the Director of Public Works, or his designee, shall be guilty of an infraction/misdemeanor. Each and every day, or any part thereof, during which any such violation is committed, continue or permitted, shall be a separate offense.
(§ B, Ord. 583, eff. May 4, 1991)
Sec. 7-3.603. - Prosecution.¶
Every violation of this chapter shall be a misdemeanor; provided, however, that where the City Attorney has determined that such action would be in the best interests of justice, the City Attorney may specify in the accusatory pleading that the violation shall be prosecuted as an infraction.
(§ B, Ord. 583, eff. May 4, 1991)
Sec. 7-3.604. - Penalty for infraction.¶
Each and every violation of this chapter which is deemed an infraction is punishable by:
(a) A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first violation;
(b) A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the second violation of the same or similar provision within a one-year period; or
(c) A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation, after the second, of the same or similar provision of this chapter within a one-year period of the first violation.
(§ B, Ord. 583, eff. May 4, 1991)
Sec. 7-3.605. - Penalty for misdemeanor.¶
Each and every violation of this chapter which is deemed a misdemeanor is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the City or County jail for a period of not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(§ B, Ord. 583, eff. May 4, 1991)
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