Chapter 20.20 MECHANICAL CODE
Section 20.20.310 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 of the municipal code.
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 of the municipal code. 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.
2000-9735)