Del Rey Oaks Municipal Code Ch. 1.16 General Penalty

A. Except as expressly set forth in Section 1.16.020, the violation of any provision or section of this Municipal Code, or the failing to comply with any mandatory requirement of an ordinance of the city, shall be a misdemeanor; except, that notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this code may, in the discretion of the city attorney, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction.

B. Any person violating any provision or section of this Municipal Code or ordinance of the city shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision or section of this Municipal Code or ordinance of the city is committed, continued or committed by such person, and shall be punishable accordingly.

(Prior code § 1-901A)

Any violation of the provisions of this code relating to parking, operation of bicycles, operation of motor vehicles, and use of freeways, highways and streets by animals, bicycles, motor vehicles or pedestrians shall constitute an infraction.

(Prior code § 1-901B)

A. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code, unless provision is otherwise herein made, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than six months, or by both fine and imprisonment.

B. Any person convicted of an infraction under the provisions of this code shall be punishable as follows: Upon a first conviction, by a fine not exceeding $100.00; upon a second violation of the same ordinance within one year by a fine not exceeding $200.00; and for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year, $500.00, or a higher fine as permitted by Government Code § 36900.

(Prior code § 1-901C)