Pomona Municipal Code Art. XV Definitions and Miscellaneous

Unless the provision or the context requires otherwise, the following terms as used in this Charter shall have the following meanings:

(a) "Shall" is mandatory and "may" is permissive.

(b) "City" is the City of Pomona and "office," "department," "board," "commission," "officer," "department head" or "employee" is an office, department, board, commission, officer, department head or employee as the case may be, of the City of Pomona.

(c) "County" is the County of Los Angeles.

(d) "State" is the State of California.

(e) "Federal" is the United States of America.

(f) "Agency" or "agencies of the City" shall not include the Successor Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency or the Pomona Public Financing Authority.

Except as provided elsewhere in this Charter, the violation of any provision of this Charter or of any ordinance of the City shall constitute, at the discretion of the Council, a misdemeanor or infraction and may be prosecuted in the name of the people of the State of California or may be redressed by civil action. Any such violation, if a misdemeanor, shall upon conviction be punishable by a fine or by imprisonment, or both, not to exceed the amount provided in the California Penal Code for the punishment of misdemeanors. If an infraction, the fine shall not exceed the amount provided in the California Penal Code for the punishment of infractions.