Chapter 2 — PENALTY PROVISIONS

(a)

Misdemeanor.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to 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 and no/100ths ($1,000.00) Dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six (6) 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.

(2)

In addition to the penalties provided in this section, 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 County, summarily abated, and each day such condition continues shall be regarded as a new and separate offense.

(3)

Nothing shall prevent the appropriate authorities of the County of Siskiyou from pursuing any civil, criminal, or administrative remedy deemed necessary or appropriate to gain compliance with the applicable provisions of this Code. The provisions of this chapter are to be supplementary and complementary to all of the provisions of this Code, State law, and any law cognizable [as] common law or in equity, and nothing herein shall be read, interpreted, or construed in any manner so as to bar or limit the County from seeking any remedy to which it may otherwise be entitled.

(§ I, Ord. 95-16, eff. August 10, 1995)

(Ord. No. 15-07, § I, 5-19-2015)

Whenever in this Code any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing the fact of such act or omission.

The provisions of this Code which declare certain crimes to be punishable as therein mentioned devolve a duty upon the court authorized to pass sentence to determine and impose the punishment described.

Whenever in this Code the punishment for a crime is left undetermined between certain limits, the punishment to be inflicted in a particular case shall be determined by the court authorized to pass sentence, within such limits as may be prescribed by this Code.

Every person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this Code and sentenced to imprisonment shall be imprisoned in the County Jail.

Sec. 1-2.06. - (Repealed).

(Ord. 204; repealed by § I, Ord. 00-11, eff. October 12, 2000)

Sec. 1-2.07. - (Repealed).

(Ord. 204; repealed by § I, Ord. 00-11, eff. October 12, 2000)

Sec. 1-2.08. - (Repealed).

(Ord. 204; repealed by § I, Ord. 00-11, eff. October 12, 2000)

Sec. 1-2.09. - (Repealed).

(Ord. 204; repealed by § I, Ord. 00-11, eff. October 12, 2000)

Sec. 1-2.10. - (Repealed).

(Ord. 204; repealed by § I, Ord. 00-11, eff. October 12, 2000)

Sec. 1-2.11. - (Repealed).

(Ord. 204; repealed by § I, Ord. 00-11, eff. October 12, 2000)