Hawthorne Municipal Code Ch. 1.22 Infractions

Unless otherwise indicated, it shall be an infraction for any person to do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by the code sections set forth below:

2.22.130 (A through N, and P through S) (addition of subsections only - Unlawful conduct in parks), 2.24.030 (Use of parks for organized assemblies), 2.24.150, 2.24.160 (Playing golf on parks prohibited), 2.24.190 (Riding of bicycles and animals in parks), 2.24.210 (No animals allowed in parks), 2.24.220 (A, C) (cut or break park structures or place signs, displays or cards in the park with a permit), 5.02.010, 5.02.080, 5.08.010, 5.08.020, 5.10.010, 5.12.010, 5.20.030 (A and B) (License required for advertising vehicles), 5.20.050(A), 5.28.010, 5.28.030, 5.28.050, 5.28.120 (Used car dealers must have fixed place of business), 5.28.130 (D and E) (Conditions of premises for used car dealers), 5.32.020 (Permit required for pool tables), 5.34.010, 5.34.040 (License required for carnivals and fairs), 5.34.060, 5.34.090, 5.40.050 (A through D) (Requirements for dine and dance restaurant), 5.40.060(B) (Entertainment permit required), 5.42.020, 5.42.030, 5.42.050, 5.42.060, 5.46.010, 5.50.030, 5.52.020 (A through D) (License required for pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers), 5.52.060 (A and B) (addition of subsections only - Reports required from pawnbrokers and secondhand dealers), 5.52.120, 5.54.010 (Regulations for pay toilets), 5.56.010 (A through J) (addition of subsections only - Requirements for peddlers licenses), 5.56.030(A)(1) and (A)(2) (addition of subsections only - Requirements for solicitors licenses), 5.57.020 (Vending prohibited on private property), 5.57.030 (Sales from human-powered devices prohibited), 5.57.040 (A through Q) (Regulations for vending from vehicles), 5.70.010(A through C) (addition of subsections only - Regulations for house numbering), 5.74.030, 5.74.040, 5.78.020, 5.78.050, 5.78.060, 5.82.010, 5.88.010(A) (Unit price marking required), 5.90.020 (Alarm system permit required), 5.94.020 (Permit required for towing businesses), 5.96.010 (Permit required for filming), 6.04.030 (Refusal to surrender stray animals to director of bureau of animal services), 6.04.084 (Interference with duties of director of animal services), 6.08.010, 6.10.010 (Prohibition of animal excretions), 6.12.020 (Dog license required), 6.12.050 (Metal tag to be worn by dogs), 6.12.140 (Requirement of dog registration), 6.16.020 (Keeping of diseased animals), 6.16.030 (A and B) (Requirement to surrender animal suspected of having rabies), 6.16.040 (Requirement to report dog bites), 6.20.010 (Requirement of rabies vaccine), 6.20.020 (A and B) (Requirement of revaccination), 6.20.030 (Rabies certificates from veterinarians), 6.24.015 (A through X) (Animal care-requirements for owners and animal establishments), 6.24.020(A) (Requirement to obtain permit to keep certain animals), 6.24.030(A) (Requirement of keeping certain animals a certain distance from property line), 6.24.050 (Prohibition of crowing roosters), 6.24.060 (Requirements for keeping of bees), 6.24.070 (Animals to be kept in clean and sanitary conditions), 6.24.080 (Regulations for keeping of manure), 6.24.090 (Removal of manure bins), 6.24.100 (Requirement to keep manure bins clean), 6.27.030 (Animal displays prohibited), 8.12.030, 8.12.070 (Unsafe or hazardous vegetation prohibited), 8.14.020 (A and B) (Duty of property owner to remove weed, waste/litter from sidewalk), 8.14.030, 8.16.020 (Unlawful dumping prohibited), 8.16.030 (A through C) (Prohibiting garbage or waste matter to collect), 8.16.040 (A through D) (Regulations for garbage cans), 8.16.050 (A through C) (Waste receptacles must be clean), 8.16.060 (A through C) (Garbage and waste matter must be placed in receptacles), 8.16.100 (Prohibition on placing dead animals in waste receptacles), 8.17.020(A), (B), (C) (l through 3) (a through e), 4 (a through f), (5), and (D), (Regulations for recycling), 8.18.010, 8.34.020, 8.38.020(C) (Open container in public places), 8.40.010 (A through D) and (D)(l), (E) (1 through 3), (F), (G), (H) (1 through 3), (I) through (L), (M) (l through 3), (N), (O) (1 through 5), (P) and (Q) (Property maintenance requirements), 8.48.020, 9.24.020 (A through D) (Display of sexually explicit material prohibited), 9.32.020 (Bill posting prohibited), 9.32.050, 9.32.060, 9.32.070 (Handbill distribution prohibited on vacant premises), 9.32.080 (Handbill placement requirements), 9.32.090 (Handbill distribution prohibited on inhabited premises), 9.32.100 (A and B) (Identification on handbills required), 9.34.010, 9.34.020 (Amplified sound prohibited), 9.35.010 (Disturbances caused by loud, unnecessary and unusual noise) 9.50.010, 9.64.020 (Peddling near schools prohibited), 10.09.010(A)(B) (Privately owned roadways open to public use), 10.09.020 (Regulation upon certain private roads and areas), 10.09.030 (Regulation upon certain private off-street parking facilities), 10.24.010 (A through D) (addition of subsections only - Designation of curb colors), 10.36.010 (Application of regulations), 10.36.020(B) Authority to establish parking restrictions and prohibitions), 10.36.030 (All night parking prohibited), 10.36.040 (Approach to tunnel or bridge), 10.36.050 (A) and (B) (Use of streets for storage of vehicles prohibited), 10.36.055 (Regulation of parking of vehicles being served by a garage or other repair facility), 10.36.060 (A through C) (Parking of commercial vehicles, commercial trailers and publicly and privately owned buses), 10.36.070 (Requirements for parking of advertising vehicles), 10.36.080 (Standing on city-owned property prohibited), 10.36.090 (Parking on left-hand side of one-way streets), 10.36.100(B) (Angle parking), 10.36.110 (Permit for loading or unloading at an angle to the curb), 10.36.120(B) (Parking adjacent to schools), 10.36.130(B) (Parking prohibited on narrow streets), 10.36.140 (A through C) (Stopping or parking prohibited at certain places), 10.36.150(B) (Emergency parking signs), 10.36.160 (Repair of vehicles on streets prohibited), 10.36.170 (Parking on hills), 10.36.180 (A through D) (Vehicles transporting hazardous mater

g or unloading at an angle to the curb), 10.36.120(B) (Parking adjacent to schools), 10.36.130(B) (Parking prohibited on narrow streets), 10.36.140 (A through C) (Stopping or parking prohibited at certain places), 10.36.150(B) (Emergency parking signs), 10.36.160 (Repair of vehicles on streets prohibited), 10.36.170 (Parking on hills), 10.36.180 (A through D) (Vehicles transporting hazardous materials), 10.38.030 (A through C) (Preferential street parking), 10.40.020 (Obedience to stop signs), 10.44.080 (A through D) (Effect of permission to load or unload), 10.44.090 (Obedience to yellow zone), 10.44.100 (Obedience to white zone), 10.44.110 (Obedience to bus zone), 10.44.120 (Standing in any alley), 10.56.010 (residential streets), 10.69.010 (Parking of trailers or semitrailers), 10.72.020 (pedestrians required to use crosswalk), 10.72.030 (Pedestrian prohibition on crossing roadway at other than right angles), 10.72.040 (Prohibition on standing in the roadway), 10.72.050 (Prohibition of sitting, lying or sleeping on streets and sidewalks), 10.72.060 (Obstructing entrances to any business establishment prohibited), 10.72.070 (Obstructing pedestrian passage prohibited), 10.76.010 (Bicycle license required), 10.76.100 (A)(1 and 2) (Removal of bicycle licenses prohibited), 10.77.020 (Parking of bikes on sidewalk prohibited), 10.77.060 (Bicycles must be parked in bike racks), 10.77.080 (Removal of bike racks when not in use), 10.80.080 (Dogs and other animals not permitted at airport), 10.87.020 (A and B) (Sleeping prohibited in mobile homes on streets), 10.87.030 (Prohibitions on sleeping in mobile homes), 10.87.040 (A through F) (Regulations for sleeping in mobile homes), 10.89.010, 12.16.020, 12.20.010 (A and B) (Obstructing intersection prohibited), 12.24.010 (Obstructing sidewalk prohibited), 12.26.020 (A and B) (addition of subsections only - Solicitation on public right-of-way prohibited), 12.28.010 (Discharging of certain substances prohibited), 12.28.020(A) (Discharging of water prohibited), 12.30.010(A) (Discharge of debris on streets or sidewalks), 12.32.020 (A and B) (Location of bus benches designated), 12.32.030 (Permit required for bus benches), 12.32.140 (A through D) (Bus bench identification requirements), 15.14.010(A) (addition of subsection only - Erection of temporary fencing), 15.14.020, 15.60.090(B) (1 through 3) (Rooftop numbers to be displayed on residential buildings), 15.60.100(J) (1 through 4) (Rooftop numbers to be displayed on commercial buildings), 15.60.110(A) (addition of subsection only - Requirements for construction site security), 17.10.100, 17.14.020(B) (1 through 3) and (B)(4) (A through C) (addition of subsections only - Permitted uses in R-1 zone), 17.14.120(A)(I), (B)(l) and (C)(1) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in R-1 zone), 17.16.120(A)(1), (B)(l), (C)(1) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in R-2 zone), 17.18.110(A)(l), (B)(1), (C)(l) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in R-3 zone), 17.20.110(A)(1), (B)(l), (C)(l) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in R-4 zone), 17.25.020(20) (b through e) (addition of subsections only - Permitted uses - Automobile sales in Regional Commercial zone), 17.25.070(A)(1), (B)(1), (C)(l) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in Regional Commercial zone), 17.25.080 (Exterior color requirements - C-1 zone), 17.26.030 (A through I) (addition of subsections only - Permitted uses on C-2 zone), 17.26.070(A)(1), (B)(l), (C)(I) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in C-2 zone), 17.26.080 (Exterior color requirements - C-2 zone), 17.28.070(A)(l), (B)(I), (C)(1) (addition of subsections only - Ambient noise level in C-M zone), 17.28.080 (Exterior color requirements - C-M zone), 17.30.070 (Exterior color requirements - M-P zone), 17.32.070 (Exterior color requirements - M-1 zone), 17.34.080 (Exterior color requirements - M-2 zone), 17.35.020, 17.35.100 (A and B) addition of subsections only - Restrictions on signage), 17.35.120(A) (addition of subsection only - Signs in residential zones), 17.35.230(A) (1 through 3) and B (1 through 4) addition of subsections only - Restrictions on temporary signage).

Uniform Fire Code Sections 85.106(a), 105, 105.8, 1001.4, 1001.5, 1103, 1002, 1006.2.8, 1112.

Police officers, code enforcement officers, fire inspectors, and city business license inspectors, senior public works inspector are vested with the authority to arrest any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter.

(Ord. 1838 § 2, 2006; Ord. 1854 §§ 1, 2, 2006; Ord. 1861 § 1 2006; Ord. 1896 § 1, 2007; Ord. 2081 § 2, 2014; Ord. 2127 § 15, 2016)

Pursuant to Government Code Section 36900, the penalty by fine for infractions shall be as follows:

Every violation determined to be an infraction is punishable by:

A. A fine of one hundred dollars for a first violation;

B. A fine of two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year;

C. A fine of five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

(Ord. 1604 § 3, 1995)

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the city attorney shall have the discretion to charge any violation of the provisions set forth in Section 1.22.010 as a misdemeanor.

(Ord. 1604 § 3, 1995)

If any violation of this chapter continues, it shall be regarded as a new and separate offense. The remedies provided in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

(Ord. 1604 § 3, 1995)