§ 10.28.120. Violations and penalties.

Any person violating section 10.28.090 A. of this chapter shall be punished by a three hundred sixty dollar ($360.00) fine and may have his parking permit and parking access device revoked. If a section 10.28.090 A. citation is cancelled because the person receiving the citation shows proof that he was issued a valid license plate or placard, a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) cancellation fee may be charged pursuant to Vehicle Code Section 40226. Any person who violates any other provision of section 10.28.090 of this chapter shall be issued a fifty-three dollar ($53.00) fine and may have his parking permit and parking access device revoked. A twenty-five dollar ($25.00) fee may be added to any fine each time a check is returned for insufficient funds and an administrative charge may be added to any delinquent fine to cover the costs of collection.

A.

A one hundred dollar ($100.00) additional penalty may be added to all violations relating to disabled persons or disabled veterans (DP) spaces and placards; the collected additional penalties shall be set aside and used for improving enforcement of DP parking spaces and placards;

B.

A twenty (20) percent assessment may be added to all violations (on-street or off-street) pertaining to DP spaces (including ramps and access); the collected assessments shall be used by the county for services to elderly or functionally impaired adults pursuant to Penal Code 1465.5.

Any person violating section 10.28.100 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; and (2) guilty of an infraction offense and punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation. The third and any additional violations perpetrated by the same person 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.

(Ord. 626.7, § 12, 3-25-2008; Ord. 626.8, §§ 9, 10, 10-18-2011)