Suisun City Municipal Code Ch. 1.08 General Penalty

A. Any person violating any of the provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of the ordinances of the city is guilty of a misdemeanor, unless the violation is made an infraction by ordinance.

B. Notwithstanding subsection (A), a violation shall be deemed an infraction if it is deemed an infraction by any other provision of this Code; if a citation is issued specifying the violation is an infraction; if a complaint is filed in the superior court specifying that the offense is an infraction; or, if the district attorney or city attorney makes a motion to reduce a misdemeanor charge to an infraction prior to trial on the matter.

(Ord. 467 § 1(a), 1983)

(Ord. No. 740, § 1, 11-7-2018)

Except in cases where a different punishment is prescribed by any ordinance of the city, any person convicted of a misdemeanor for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 467 § 1(b), 1983)

(Ord. No. 740, § 2, 11-7-2018)

Any person convicted of an infraction for violation of an ordinance of the city is punishable by a fine as provided for in Section 36900 of the Government Code, including any amendments or successor statutes thereto.

(Ord. 467 § 1(c), 1983)

(Ord. No. 740, § 2, 11-7-2018; Ord. No. 808, § 3, 12-5-2023)

Each person violating any ordinance 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 any such person, and he shall be punished accordingly.

(Ord. 467 § 1(d), 1983)

Any person sentenced to imprisonment for the violation of any ordinance of the city shall be imprisoned in the county jail of Solano County.

(Ord. 24 § 1, 1886)

A. Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 836.5, or as the same may be hereinafter amended, authorized officers or employees of the city may arrest a person without a warrant whenever the officer or employee has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor or infraction in the presence of the officer or employee that is a violation of a statue or ordinance that the officer or employee has the duty to enforce, and may issue citations for misdemeanors and infractions for said violations pursuant to California Penal Code Title 3, Chapter 5C (commencing with Section 853.5).

B. It is the intent of the city council that the immunities prescribed in Section 836.5, and other applicable immunities, be applicable to public officers or employees acting in the course and scope of employment pursuant to this section.

C. Except as otherwise provided, the city council shall designate by resolution the authorized officers or employees of the city who may exercise the arrest and citation authority pursuant to this section. From and after adoption of such a resolution, the officers or employees so designated shall have the authority to make arrests and issue citations for violations they have a duty to enforce, as determined by the city manager or, for non-peace officer members of the police department, the chief of police.

D. No person shall falsely represent or identify himself or herself as another person or as a fictitious person to any public officer or employee designated pursuant to this section upon lawful detention or arrest of the person, either to evade the process of the court, or to evade the proper identification of the person by the public officer or employee when:

1. The false information is given while the officer or employee is engaged in the performance of his or her duties as an officer or employee, and

2. The person providing the false information knows or should have known that the person receiving the information is a public officer or employee.

E. Notwithstanding subsection (C), a violation of this Code may be enforced by a peace officer in any manner authorized by law.

(Ord. No. 740, § 2, 11-7-2018)