Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 1.16 General Penalty

No person shall violate any provisions, or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this code. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this code, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not exceeding six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this code is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall be punishable accordingly.

In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this code shall be deemed a public nuisance and may be, by this City, summarily abated as such, and every day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

(Amended during 1999 codification; prior code § 1200)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, when a person under the age of eighteen (18) years is charged with a violation of this code, and a peace officer issues a notice to appear in Superior Court to that minor, the charge shall be deemed an infraction unless the minor requests that a petition be filed under Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. The amount of the fine imposed shall be set by the court.

(Ord. 757 § 1, 1995: prior code § 1200(a))

Upon a finding by a City official vested with the authority to enforce the provisions of this code that a violation exists, such official may issue an administrative citation under Chapter 1.20.

(Ord. 918, § 1, 9-13-11)

Under California Government Code § 38773.5, in any action, administrative proceeding, or special proceeding brought to abate a public nuisance, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover attorneys' fees, provided that attorneys' fees will only be available in those actions or proceedings in which the City has provided notice at the commencement of such action or proceeding that it intends to seek and recover its own attorneys' fees. In no action or proceeding shall an award of attorneys' fees exceed the amount of reasonable attorneys' fees incurred by the City in the action or proceeding.

(Ord. No. 950, § 1, 2-10-15)