Compton Municipal Code § 1-6 Penalty

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Editor's Note: For statutory provisions authorizing cities to impose penalties for violations of ordinances not exceeding $1,000 and/or six months imprisonment, see Gov. Code § 36901. For statutory provisions permitting cities to state by ordinance specific violations to be infractions, see Gov. Code § 36900.

[Ord. #856, § 1200]

Any person, firm, corporation or other group, who violates any ordinance or law of the City shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, unless by ordinance the violation is deemed to be an infraction. Punishment for violation of any ordinance or law shall be as set forth under the State law for prosecution of a misdemeanor or infraction or as stated in this section.

[Ord. #856, § 1200]

Whenever in this Code or in any other ordinance of the City or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant thereto any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, (unless specifically declared to be an infraction) or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provisions of this Code or any other ordinance of the City or any such rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such violations may also be redressed by civil action.

[New; Ord. #1894, § 5; Ord. #1917, § 2]

a. Violation of a City ordinance is a misdemeanor unless by ordinance or on motion by City Attorney it is made an infraction. Such a violation may be prosecuted by City authorities in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action.

b. Every violation determined to be an infraction is punishable by:

1. A fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation;

2. A fine not exceeding $200 for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year;

3. A fine not exceeding $500 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

c. The violations of Subsections 7-9.2, 12-2.26, 12-2.27 and 12-2.43 are hereby deemed infractions unless the City Attorney files the violations as misdemeanors.

[Ord. #856, § 1200]

Except as otherwise provided, every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance of the City or any such rule, regulation or order shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

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The maximum penalty stated in this section is not intended to state an appropriate penalty for every violation, any lesser penalty, including a nominal penalty or no penalty at all, may be appropriate for a particular case or violation.

[Ord. #856, § 1201]

In addition to the penalties provided in Subsection 1-5.2, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this Code or any other City ordinance shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by this City, summarily abated as such. Each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

[Ord. #856, § 1202]

Persons confined in the City jail under a final judgment of imprisonment for violation of any ordinance may be required by the Chief of Police to perform labor on the streets or other public property or works within the City.

[Ord. #856, § 1203]

As used in this section: Streets or other public property or works within the City, shall include, among other things, clerical and menial labor in the City jail, or in any camp maintained for the labor of such persons on the streets or other public property or works within the City.

[Ord. #856, § 1204]

The violation of any administrative provision of this Code by any officer or employee of the City may be deemed a failure to perform the duties under, or to observe the rules and regulations of the department, office or board, within the meaning of the Civil Service Ordinances and rules and regulations of the City.