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Earlier editions: 2026-07

Title 1 — General Provisions

Inyo County Municipal Code Ch. 1.20 General Penalty

Inyo County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Inyo County

Cite as: Inyo County Municipal Code Chapter 1.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 1.20.010. Violation—Penalty/enforcement.

A. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, political subdivision, city or municipal corporation to violate or fail to comply with the terms and provisions of this code.

B. It is unlawful for any of the above-named to permit, allow, maintain, or to require the doing or maintaining of any act prohibited by this code, and each day's maintenance or violation shall be considered a separate offense. The commission, omission or maintenance of the aforesaid is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine and imprisonment of five hundred dollars or six months, or both.

C. This code provision shall be subject to enforcement under Title 22 provided that Title 22 does not supersede nor limit the application of any code provision granting a department head, in his or her discretion, the power to apply a more stringent enforcement mechanism.

(Ord. 88, 1961; Ord. 1192 § 3, 2015)

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