Title 3.60.010 — DOGS›Part 2 — ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Vista Municipal Code § 109.3 Administration and Enforcement
Vista Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-02 · Vista
Cite as: Vista Municipal Code § 109.3 · Text as of 2026-10-02
Sec. 109.3.7.2 Notice of violation. Violations, penalties, and responsibility for¶
compliance. It shall be unlawful for any person, as defined in Section 12.115 of the County Code of Regulatory Ordinances, to use any property or erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, remove, improve, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy, or maintain any building or structure, or vacant land or cause the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. A property owner shall be considered to have allowed any use or improvement of property occupied by or under the dominion and control of the owner and shall be responsible for the discontinuance and removal of any violation of the County WUI Code. This responsibility shall include property leased to another person. A property owner shall also be responsible for the discontinuance and removal of any violation of the County WUI Code that existed on the property prior to the current owner' s purchase of the property.
AMENDMENT TO SECTION 109.3.7.2
The City of Vista adopts the following code amendment:
Sec. 109.3.7.2 Violations, penalties, and responsibility for compliance. Any person¶
who shall violate any of the provisions of this code or standards hereby adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order made there under, or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement or specification or plans submitted and approved there under, or any certificate or permit issued there under, and from which no appeal has been taken,
16.42(3) ( Vista 10/24/2025)
Vista Municipal Code
or who shall fail to comply with such an order as affirmed or modified by the attorney for the City of Vista or by a court of competent jurisdiction within the time fixed herein, shall severally for each and every violation and non-compliance respectively, be guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor, punishable by a fine not exceeding $ 1,000.00 or by imprisonment in County Jail not exceeding six (6) months, or both. The imposition of one penalty of any violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and when not otherwise specified, each day that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a separate offense.
The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of
prohibited conditions.
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