Lodi Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 General Penalty

A. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code or the ordinances of the city is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the violation is made an infraction by ordinance, or at the discretion of the prosecuting attorney.

B. Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by this code or any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of this code or an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, 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 this code or an ordinance of the city is punishable by:

1. A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation;

2. A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same provision of this code or ordinance within one year;

3. A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same code provision or ordinance within one year.

D. Each such person is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this code or the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by any such person, and he is punishable accordingly.

(Ord. 1334 § 9, 1984)

(Ord. 1921, § 1, 6-1-2016)

If any person is arrested for the violation of any provision of this code or any ordinance of the city, and such person is not immediately taken before a magistrate as prescribed in the California Penal Code, the arresting officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear in court, containing the name and address of such person, the offense charged and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court.

(Ord. 1334 § 10, 1984)

Any person violating his written promise to appear in court is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge upon which he was originally arrested.

(Ord. 1334 § 11, 1984)

When a person signs a written promise to appear at the time and place specified in the written promise to appear and has not posted bail as provided in Section 853-6 of the California Penal Code, the magistrate shall issue and have delivered for execution a warrant for his arrest within twenty days after his failure to appear as promised, or if such person promises to appear before an officer authorized to accept bail other than a magistrate and fails to do so on or before the date which he promised to appear, then, within twenty days after the delivery of such written promise to appear by the officer to a magistrate having jurisdiction over the offense.

(Ord. 1334 § 12, 1984)