Inglewood Municipal Code § 1-18 Penalty Provisions

With the exception of those provisions making acts or failures to act infractions, the violation of any provision of this Code making any act or failure to act unlawful, prohibited, an offense, or a misdemeanor, shall be a misdemeanor upon conviction of which the violator shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or by imprisonment in the City or County Jail for a term not exceeding six months or both. For any violation of this Code which is specifically declared to be an infraction, the maximum penalty upon conviction shall be a fine not exceeding $100 for the first violation; (2) $200 for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; and, (3) $500 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

(Ord. 2470 2-28-84; Ord. 2472 3-20-84; Ord. 93-11 6-15-93; Ord. 17-08 5-30-17; Ord. 18-06 5-8-18)

(a) The following sections of the Inglewood Municipal Code are specifically declared to be punishable as infractions: Sections 3-22, 3-22.1, 3-31, 3-41(1)—(5), 3-43, 3-45, 3-49, 3-50, 3-53, 3-54, 3-56(1), 3-59, 3-61, 3-64.1(1)—(5), 3-65(a), 3-65.1(a), 3-65.2(a) and (b), 3-65.3, 3-65.4(a), 3-66, 3-74, 3-80, 3-96, 3-162(a), 4-2, 4-4, 4-15, 5-21, 5-23.4, 5-28, 5-29, 5-30, 5-31, 5-33, 5-34, 5-35, 5-37, 5-38, 5-44, 5-49, 5-50, 5-57, 5-61, 5-63, 5-64, 5-65, 5-66, 5-67(a)—(u), 5-82, 5-83, 5-84, 5-85, 5-117, 6-2.4, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-26, 7-44, 8-2, 8-2.1, 8-46, 8-48, 8-56, 8-66.2, 8-67.5, 8-68(1), 8-68(2), 8-69, 8-69.1, 8-74, 8-74.29, 8-74.30, 8-74.32, 8-74.37, 8-74.38, 8-74.40, 8-74.41, 8-77.1, 8-77.2, 10-3, 10-4, 10-6, 10-8, 10-9, 10-10, 10-11, 10-14, 10-16, 10-17, 10-18, 10-45, 10-153, 11-49, 11-70.2(1)—(18), 11-95, 11-104, 11-106, 12-3, 12-15(a)—(e), 12-40, 12-40.1, 12-64.3, 12-59, 12-72, 12-75, 12-77, 12-79, 12-80, 12-81, 12-93.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 1-18, and pursuant to California Vehicle Code Sections 40200 through 40273, any violation regulating the standing, stopping, or parking of a vehicle declared to be punishable as an infraction shall be subject to a civil penalty as set forth in the City's Schedule of Parking Penalties (IMC Section 3-81.2).

(Ord. 09-18 10-20-09; Ord. 18-06 5-8-18; Ord. 20-09 6-16-20; Ord. 23-17 9-12-23; Ord. 25-14, 9/16/2025)

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1-18.1, the City Attorney shall have the discretion to charge any violations of the Code including those listed in Section 1-18.1 as misdemeanors.

(Ord. 88-35 11-8-88; Ord. 93-11 6-15-93)