San Bernardino Municipal Code Ch. 1.12 General Penalty

(A) The punishment for any offense declared to be a misdemeanor or declared to be unlawful with no designation as to the nature of the offense by the Charter or an ordinance, except in cases where a different offense or a different punishment is prescribed by ordinance or any applicable law of this state, is imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding $1,000, or both such imprisonment and fine.

(B) The punishment for any offense declared to be an infraction by the Charter or an ordinance, excepting places where a different offense or a different punishment is prescribed by ordinance or any applicable law of this state, is a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation; a fine not exceeding $200 for a second violation thereof within one year; and a fine not exceeding $500 for each additional violation thereof within one year. Upon conviction of a fourth violation thereof within one year, the violator is guilty of a misdemeanor, which, upon conviction thereof, is punishable as in division (A) above.

(C) Payment of any fine or service of a jail sentence herein provided shall not relieve a person firm, partnership, corporation or other entity from the responsibility of correcting any condition, resulting from the violation. In addition to the above penalties, the court may order that the guilty party reimburse the city for all of its costs of investigating, analyzing and prosecuting the enforcement action against the guilty party; the court shall fix the amount of such reimbursement upon submission of proof of such costs by the city.

(Ord. 2673, passed 6-27-1965; Ord. MC-455, passed 5-13-1985; Ord. MC-609, passed 9-21-1987; Ord. MC-1125, passed 6-3-2002)

Every person continuing or committing the violation of any provisions of an ordinance declaring any act or omission to be unlawful is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion of any day which any violation of any provision of such ordinance is committed.

(Ord. 2673, passed 6-27-1965; Ord. MC-455, passed 5-13-1985)