Oxnard Municipal Code § 27-28 Violations

(A) It shall be unlawful for any person to violate or fail to comply with any provision of this article. The violation of any provision of this article shall first be punished through the use of a civil citation, prior to prosecution as a misdemeanor, infraction, or civil injunction as provided in section 1-10.

(B) Any owner who intentionally demands, accepts or retains any payment in violation of the provisions of this article shall be liable in a civil action to the tenant from whom such payment is demanded, accepted, or retained for damages in the sum of three times the amount by which the payment demanded, accepted, or retained exceeds the maximum amount which could be lawfully demanded, accepted, or retained together with reasonable attorneys' fees and costs as determined by the court.

(Ord. No. 3013)

The city manager may adopt administrative procedures and regulations to implement the provisions of this article. Any regulation intended to clarify the meaning of any provision of this article, or to add substantive (as opposed to merely procedural) details necessary to its implementation, shall not become effective unless approved by resolution of the city council. If approved by the city council, the regulation shall be published in an appropriate location, along with any other regulations implementing this article, on the city's website. Any presentation to the city council pursuant to this section shall include:

(1) A succinct statement of why the regulation is necessary or desirable;

(2) A succinct statement of what the regulation would do;

(3) A succinct statement of how the proposed regulation is consistent with the intent of the ordinance provision to which it relations; and

(4) The complete text of the proposed regulation.

(Ord. 3049)