Petaluma Municipal Code Ch. 26 Enforcement, Violations, Penalties, Enactment

Sections:

26.010 Enforcement.

26.020 Violations and Penalties.

26.030 Enactment.

All department o>cials and public employees of the City of Petaluma vested with the duty or authority to issue

permits shall conform to the provisions of this Ordinance and shall issue no permit, certi<cate, or license for uses,

buildings, or purposes in con=ict with the provisions of this Ordinance; and any such permit, certi<cate, or license

issued in con=ict with the provisions of this Ordinance, intentionally or otherwise, shall be null and void. It shall be

the duty of the Zoning Administrator (Director) and the Building O>cial of the City of Petaluma to enforce the

provisions of this ordinance pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion,

alteration, or addition to any building or structure and the use of any land, building, or premise.

A. Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained

contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, any use of the land, building or premise established, conducted,

operated or maintained contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and same hereby is declared to be,

unlawful and a public nuisance; and the City Attorney of the City of Petaluma shall, upon order of the City Council,

immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and enjoinment thereof in the

manner provided by law, and shall take such other steps and shall supply to such Courts as may have jurisdiction

to grant relief as will abate and remove such building or structure, and restrain and enjoin any person, <rm, or

corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining, or using any such building or structure or using

property contrary to the provisions of this ordinance.

B. The remedies provided for herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive.

A. Earlier ordinance repeal. The Zoning Ordinance of the City of Petaluma, adopted by the City Council on the

seventeenth day of January, 1973, and any and all amendments thereto, are hereby repealed. Such repeal shall

not a?ect impair any act done, o?ense committed, or right accruing, accrued, or acquired, or liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred, prior to the time such repeal takes e?ect, but the same may be enjoined,

asserted, enforced, prosecuted, or in=icted as fully and to the same extent as if such repeal had not been e?ected.

B. The City Clerk is hereby directed to post this ordinance for the period and in the manner as required by the

City Charter.

The Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance is current through Ordinance 2907, passed September 8,

Disclaimer: The city clerk’s o>ce has the o>cial version of the Petaluma Implementing Zoning Ordinance. Users

should contact the city clerk’s o>ce for ordinances passed subsequent to the ordinance cited above.

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