Los Angeles County Municipal Code Art. 84 Violations and Penalties

Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Code is committed, continued, or permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1000 or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

The provisions of this section are in addition to and independent of any other sanctions, penalties or costs which are or may otherwise be imposed for a violation of any of the provisions of this Code.

(Ord. 2002-0077 § 22, 2002.)

If the Chief Electrical Inspector in the course of enforcing the provisions of this Code or any state law issues an order to a person and that person fails to comply with the order within 15 days following the due date for compliance stated in the order, including any extensions thereof, then the Chief Electrical Inspector shall have the authority to collect a noncompliance fee.

The noncompliance fee shall not be imposed unless the order states that a failure to comply within 15 days after the compliance date specified in the order will result in the fee being imposed. No more than one such fee shall be collected for failure to comply with an order. The amount of the noncompliance fee shall be $146.52 per building for Group R, Division 3 occupancies and $293.26 per building for all other occupancies, and shall be in addition to the fees specified elsewhere in this Code.

(Ord. 2002-0077 § 23, 2002; Ord. 91-0087 § 5, 1991.)

* Editor's note: Fee changes in this section were made by the director of public works due to increases in the Consumer Price Index and are effective July 1, 2025.