* Editor’s note: For statutory provisions making violations of county ordinances misdemeanors unless reduced to infractions by ordinance, see Gov. Code § 25132. When Ordinance 6723 was amended by Ordinance 6921, Sections 1--8 were added, setting out procedures for arrest by citation pursuant to former Penal Code §§ 853.1--853.4. As those statutes have been repealed, §§ 1--8 of Ordinance 6921 have not been codified.

Except as otherwise provided, every person violating the ordinance codified in this chapter or any other ordinance of this county is guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 89-0166 § 4, 1989: Ord. 6921 § 9, 1956: Ord. 6723 (part), 1955.)

A. Violation of the ordinance codified in this chapter or any other ordinance of this county, unless otherwise provided in such ordinance, is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or by imprisonment in the County Jail for not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each separate day, or any portion thereof, during which any violation of such ordinance occurs or continues constitutes a separate offense, and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable as herein provided.
B. Except as otherwise provided any other provision of any ordinance of this county, a violation of an ordinance which is defined to be an infraction is punishable by:
1. A fine of not more than $100.00 for a first violation;
2. A fine of not more than $200.00 for a second violation of the same provision of this ordinance within one year;
3. A fine of not more than $500.00 for each additional violation of the same provision of this ordinance within one year.
C. Except as otherwise provided in any other provision of any ordinance of this county, the penalties for the second and each additional violation of the same provision of this ordinance which are committed at any time within a 12-month period from the date of the commission of the first violation shall be increased as set forth in this section regardless of the dates of conviction of the prior violations. The underlying previous violations which are the basis for the increased penalties on subsequent violations may be brought and tried together with the subsequent violations. The increased penalties set forth in this section for subsequent violations shall be applicable whether said subsequent violations are brought and tried together with the underlying previous violations or separately therefrom. (Ord. 94-0058 § 1, 1994: Ord. 89-0166 § 5, 1989: Ord. 6921 § 10, 1956: Ord. 6723 (part), 1955.)