West Covina Municipal Code § 7-76 Violations and penalties

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Editor's note— Ord. No. 2508, § 7, adopted December 6, 2022, repealed the former Art. VI, §§ 7-73, 7-75, 7-77, and enacted a new Art. VI as set out herein. The former Art. VI pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Code 1960, § 8110.24; Ord. No. 1381, § 2, 6-26-78; Ord. No. 1531, § 1, 2-22-82; Ord. No. 1666, § 1, 4-22-85; Ord. No. 1771, § 1, 3-14-88; Ord. No. 1960, § 2, 11-21-95; Ord. No. 2212, § 2, 12-21-10; Ord. No. 2252, § 2, 12-3-13; Ord. No. 2302, § 2, 11-15-16; Ord. No. 2466, § (4)(t), 12-17-19; Ord. No. 2463, § 3(t), 1-7-20.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, Title 29 (Mechanical Code) of the Los Angeles Code, adopting the 2022 California Mechanical Code with amendments, together with its appendices, is hereby adopted by reference as if fully set forth herein, and conflicting ordinances are hereby repealed.

(b) One (1) complete copy of Title 29 and one (1) complete copy of the 2022 Mechanical Code will be on file and accessible to the public for inspection at the office of the building official. In the event of any conflict or ambiguity between any provision contained in such codes set forth above and any amendment thereto contained in this article or other provision of this Code, the amendment or addition shall control.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 7, 12-6-22)

Refunds and expiration of applications shall be as set forth in article II, sections 7-19 and 7-20 of this chapter.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 7, 12-6-22)

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, install, alter, repair, relocate, add to, replace, use or maintain mechanical equipment or system(s) in the city or cause or permit the same to be done, contrary to or in violation of any of the provisions of this Code. Maintenance of equipment which was unlawful at the time it was installed, and which would be unlawful under this Code if installed after the effective date of this Code, shall constitute a continuing violation of this Code.

Any person, firm, corporation, or business association of any kind violating any of the provisions of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this Code, any such violation constituting a misdemeanor under this article may, in the discretion of the attorney having prosecutorial functions, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a city enforcement official, upon determining that a person, firm, corporation, or business association of any kind has committed a violation of this article, may in his/her discretion, issue an administrative citation to the responsible party using the procedures set forth in article X of chapter 15 of this Code.

(Ord. No. 2508, § 7, 12-6-22)