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Title 1 — General Provisions

Oroville Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 General Penalty

Oroville Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Oroville

Cite as: Oroville Municipal Code Chapter 1.08 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 1.08.010. General penalty.

A. Whenever in this Code or in any other ordinance of the city, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided for, the violation of any such provision of this Code or any other ordinance of the city shall be punished by a fine not exceeding the amount outlined in the Master Fee Schedule or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

B. Every day any violation of this Code or any other ordinance of the city shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.

C. The Oroville city council shall, by ordinance, designate such violations which are to be punished as infractions. Violations of this Code determined to be infractions shall be punished as provided by Government Code Section 36900(b).

(Code 1954 § 1.8; Ord. 1265 § 1; Ord. 1551 § 1)

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