§ 10.04.140. Violation—Penalty.

A.

It is unlawful for any person to abandon, park, store, or leave or permit the abandonment, parking, storing or leaving of any licensed or unlicensed vehicle or part thereof which is in an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative condition upon any private or public property within the county of Riverside for a period in excess of ten (10) days unless such vehicle is stored or parked in a lawful manner on private property in connection with the business of a licensed dismantler, licensed vehicle dealer or county-approved junkyard. Any individual violating any provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified. Such individual shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted. Any individual convicted of a violation of this chapter shall be: (1) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation; (2) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation on the same site perpetrated by the same individual. The third and any additional violations on the same site and perpetrated by the same individual shall constitute a misdemeanor offense and shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or six months in jail, or both. Notwithstanding the above, a first offense may be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor.

B.

A violation of this chapter is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance. The district attorney or county counsel shall be authorized to commence action or actions for the abatement, and removal and enjoinment thereof and for the collection of the costs of abatement, including administrative and attorney's fees and civil penalties in the manner provided by law.

Upon a second or subsequent civil or criminal judgment for a violation of this chapter, the court may order the owner to pay treble the costs of abatement, including administrative and attorney's fees, in accordance with Government Code Section 25845.5

D.

All remedies provided for in this chapter shall be cumulative and not exclusive. The conviction and punishment of any person under this chapter shall not relieve such person from the responsibility of abating and removing an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicle or parts thereof.

(Ord. 520.7 §§ 9, 10 (part), 2008; Ord. 520.6 § 18, 1993)