Rocklin Municipal Code Ch. 1.18 Criminal Penalties

Whenever in this code or in any ordinance or resolution 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, the violation shall be punished as follows:

A. For those acts or omissions designated as misdemeanors, the same shall be punished according to the punishment prescribed for a misdemeanor in the general laws of this state;

B. For any act of omission which is charged as an infraction, the same shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars;

C. For any act or omission for which no penalty is specified, the same shall be punished as a misdemeanor pursuant to the provisions of subsection (A) of this section.

(Ord. No. 1090, § 8, 3-13-2018)

Each day a violation continues, it constitutes a separate and distinct offense.

(Ord. No. 1090, § 8, 3-13-2018)

Pursuant to Penal Code section 836.5, the city council authorizes public officers and employees of the city, who have the duty to enforce a statute or ordinance of the Rocklin Municipal Code, to arrest a person without a warrant whenever any such official or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a violation of such statute or ordinance in the presence of the public official or employee.

(Ord. No. 1090, § 8, 3-13-2018)

In any case in which a person is arrested pursuant to this chapter and the person arrested does not demand to be taken before a magistrate or judge, the public official or employee making the arrest shall prepare a written notice to appear and shall thereafter release such person on his or her written promise to appear in court, pursuant to Penal Code section 853.6.

(Ord. No. 1090, § 8, 3-13-2018)

The city manager shall designate in writing the classification or job title of the city officials and employees designated to exercise such arrest and citation authority. No officer or employee shall be allowed by his or her supervisor to exercise the arrest and citation authority herein conferred, unless such officer or employee is within such designation.

(Ord. No. 1090, § 8, 3-13-2018)

Every public official or employee designated to act under this chapter shall be provided with such training as is established in Penal Code section 832, and such other training as may be required by the city manager. The training program shall include instruction regarding the provisions of the statutes and ordinances to be enforced, the evidentiary prerequisites to proper prosecution for violations thereof, the appropriate procedures for making arrests or otherwise prudently exercising such arrest and citation authority, and the legal and practical ramifications and limitations attendant thereto. Any such officer or employee shall be appropriately instructed to deposit executed citations or notices within three days for filing with the court after review for legal sufficiency.

(Ord. No. 1090, § 8, 3-13-2018)