Earlier editions: 2026-09
Dunsmuir Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 General Penalty
Dunsmuir Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Dunsmuir
Cite as: Dunsmuir Municipal Code Chapter 1.08 · Text as of 2026-10-04
1.08.010 - General penalty—Continuing violations.¶
A. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city shall be guilty of an infraction unless the violation is made a misdemeanor by ordinance.
B. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500.00) or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.
C. Any person convicted of an infraction for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by a penalty of no more than six hundred seventy-five dollars ($675.00).
D. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and he shall be punishable accordingly.
(Ord. 497 § 1, 1995; Ord. 509 § 1, 2002; Ord. No. 540, 12-15-2011; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)
1.08.020 - Labor of prisoners on streets, public works, etc.¶
All prisoners sentenced to serve any time in the city jail may be compelled to labor on the streets, public property or public works in the city by the chief of police under the direction of the superintendent of public works during every working day of the term of confinement of such person, unless the health officer, upon examination, shall ascertain that the prisoner is physically unable to work.
(Prior code § 1-8; Ord. No. 540, 12-15-2011; Ord. No. 549, § 1, 7-30-2015)
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