Chapter 20.02 TITLE, SCOPE AND GENERAL
Section 20.02.080 Enforcement actions.
1. General. It shall be the duty of the manager of inspection
services to enforce the provisions
of this title.
2. Specific actions.
a. Municipal infraction. The doing
of any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or an
offense or a misdemeanor by this title or any ordinance or code herein adopted by reference, or
failure to perform any act required by this title or any ordinance or code herein adopted by
reference, is a municipal infraction and is punishable by a civil penalty as provided in Section
1.04.100.
b. Misdemeanor. Subsection a.
notwithstanding, the doing of any act prohibited or declared
to be unlawful, an offense or a misdemeanor by this title or any ordinance or code herein adopted
by reference, or failure to perform any act required by this title or any ordinance or code herein
adopted by reference, may be charged as a misdemeanor by a peace officer and, upon conviction,
shall be punishable as provided in Section 1.04.100. However, no person shall be charged with
a
municipal infraction and a misdemeanor for the same offense.
3. Nuisance Abatement. Any building erected, raised, converted,
or land or premises used in
violation of any of the provisions of this title or the requirements thereof, is declared to be a
common nuisance and such common nuisance may be abated in such manner as nuisances are
now or may hereafter be abated under existing law.
4. These penalties or any others shall not be exclusive so as
to restrict the right of the duly
authorized persons to make or order any cancellation or suspension of any license or permit
herein authorized. (Ord. 90/T-9316)