Paradise Municipal Code Ch. 5.21 Violations

With the exception of the provisions of chapter 5.05 [retail firearms sales establishment], chapter 5.12 [bingo games], and chapter 5.16 [cardrooms] any person violating any of the provisions of this title shall be guilty of an infraction with fines pursuant to Government Code § 36900. Any additional violation of this title within one year of the first violation may be prosecuted by the town attorney as a misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars and/or six months in the county jail; and provided, however, the town attorney shall have the discretion to reduce the misdemeanor to an infraction. Each day such violation is committed or permitted to continue constitutes a separate offense and is punishable as such.

(Ord. No. 401, § 4, 8-26-2003; Ord. 129 §5.21.010, 1985)

Neither the adoption of this title nor its superseding of any portion of any other title of the town shall in any manner be construed to effect prosecution for violation of any other title committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or any penal provision applicable to any such violation, nor be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit required by any title to be posted, filed, or deposited, and all rights and obligations thereunto appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

Where a license has been issued to any person by the town and the fee paid for the business for which the license has been issued under the provisions of any title heretofore enacted and the term of such license has not expired, then the license fee prescribed for said business by this title shall not be payable until the expiration of the term of such unexpired license.

(Ord. 129 §5.22.010, 1985)