Soledad Municipal Code Ch. 1.04 General Penalty

It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this code. A violation of any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the code or other ordinances of the city shall constitute a misdemeanor, except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this code may, in the discretion of the enforcing authority, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction. Those provisions of the code currently designating specific violations as infractions shall remain in full force and effect until amended by ordinance.

(Ord. 550 § 1 (part), 1996: prior code § 1-7 (part))

Unless a different penalty is provided for by a particular ordinance of the city, a misdemeanor shall be punished by a fine of not more that one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 550 § 1 (part), 1996: prior code § 1-7 (part))

Unless a different penalty is provided for by a particular ordinance of the city, an infraction shall be punished by (A) a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars for a first violation; (B) a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year; (C) a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year.

(Ord. 550 § 1 (part), 1996: amended during 1986 codification; prior code § 1-7 (part))

Each person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the ordinances of the city is guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of the ordinances of the city is committed, continued or permitted by that person, and shall be punished accordingly.

(Ord. 550 § 1 (part), 1996: added during 1986 codification)

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 836.5 of the California Penal Code, certain officers and employees of the city, designated in this section, who are not peace officers, are authorized to arrest a person without a warrant whenever such officer or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor in the presence of the arresting officer or employee which is a violation of a statute or ordinance which the officer or employee has the duty to enforce. The officers and employees so designated are the following:

A. The city manager, his/her assistants and deputies;

B. The planning director, his/her assistants and deputies;

C. The public works superintendent;

D. The building official, his/her assistants and deputies; and

E. Community service officers.

(Ord. 550 § 1 (part), 1996: Ord. 453 § 2, 1986)