Earlier editions: 2026-07
Title 5 — Business Taxes, Licenses and Regulations›Chapter 5.04 — GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE REGULATIONS
Escalon Municipal Code § 5.04.360 Violation – Penalty
Escalon Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Escalon
Cite as: Escalon Municipal Code § 5.04.360 · Text as of 2026-10-04
§ 5.04.360. Violation – Penalty.¶
A. It is unlawful and constitutes an infraction for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provision of this chapter.
B. Any person having a license required by this title who fails to exhibit the same on demand shall be guilty of an infraction and subject to the penalties provided for by the provisions of this chapter.
C. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, except the city attorney may prosecute a violation of this chapter as an infraction, in his or her discretion.
D. Administrative citations may be issued for violations of the provisions of this chapter, as set forth in Chapter 8.24 EMC.
E. The city attorney may bring a civil or equitable action, at his or her discretion, to seek the abatement of any violation of this code.
F. Whenever in this chapter any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing the fact of such act or omission.
G. Each and every day a violation is maintained, caused, aided, abetted, concealed, suffered, or permitted is a separate offense.
H. The remedies, procedures, and penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to any other available under city, state, or federal law.
(Ord. 585 § 2.1 (Exh. A), 2020)
§ 5.04.370. License fees – Civil and criminal liability.¶
A. The amount of any license fee imposed by this chapter shall be deemed a debt to the city, and any person engaged in any business in the city without having secured the required license from the city to do so or having failed to pay in full the license fees provided in this article shall be liable to legal action in the name of the city in any court of competent jurisdiction for the amount of such license fee, plus any court costs incurred by the city.
B. The conviction and punishment of any person for transacting any business without a license shall not excuse or exempt such person from the payment of any unpaid license fees.
C. Nothing herein shall prevent a criminal prosecution for any violation of the provisions of this article.
(Ord. 585 § 2.1 (Exh. A), 2020)
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