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Title 13 — Watercourses

Sacramento County Municipal Code Ch. 13.28 Enforcement

Sacramento County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Sacramento County

Cite as: Sacramento County Municipal Code Chapter 13.28 · Text as of 2026-10-04

§ 13.28.010. Penalties.

a. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1.01.190 and unless otherwise stated in this title, a violation of any of the provisions of Title 13, or failure to comply with any of the regulatory requirements of Title 13, shall be punishable as follows:

  1. A first violation of any of the provisions of this title is punishable as an infraction; and

  2. A second or subsequent violation of the same provisions of Title 13 committed within seventy-two hours of the previous violation shall be a misdemeanor.

b. Every violation of Title 13 constituting an infraction is punishable by:

  1. A fine not exceeding $50 for a first violation;

  2. A fine not exceeding $100 for a second violation of the same ordinance provisions within one year;

  3. A fine not exceeding $250 for each additional violation of the same ordinance provision within one year.

c. Every violation of Title 13 constituting a misdemeanor, is punishable by a fine not in excess of $500 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not more than six months, or by both.

(SCC 576 § 20, 1983)

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§ 13.28.020. Special Event Exemption.

This title or any chapter or section therein or portion thereof may, by resolution duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors, be made inapplicable during the period of the conduct of a festival, commemoration, celebration, ceremony, or other similar special event, upon such terms and conditions as the Board of Supervisors may prescribe within the resolution.

(SCC 0725 § 1, 1988)

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