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ORDINANCE NO, 2047
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 1200 OF
THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CODE
PENALTY PROVISIONS BY ADDING INFRACTIONS AS AN
AL TERNA TIVE AND INCREASING THE MISDEMEANOR
PENALTY
SECTION I. That Section 1200 of the Arcadia Municipal Code is hereby amended
'to read as follows:
1200. VIOLATIONS A MISDEMEANOR OR INFRACTION. No person shall
violate any provision or fail to comply with any ofthe requirements of the Code. Any person
violating any ofthe provisions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements
of the Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under
any provision of the Code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than One Thc!usand
Dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment in the City Jailor County Jail for a period not
exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be
guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation
of any provision of the Code is committed, continued or permitted by such person and shall
be punishable accordingly.
Pursuant to City Charter Section 1501, violations of the Arcadia Municipal Code that
are specifically deemed by the Code to be infractions shall be treated as such for purposes
of penalty imposition. Unless a specific Code violation is otherwise specifically deemed to
be an infraction, it shall be a misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and
shall cause a copy of same to be published in the official newspaper of the City within fifteen
(I 5) days after its adoption.
Passed, approved and adopted this 2nd day of April , 1996.
ATTEST:
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Mayor of the City of
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C Y Clerk of the C'
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
City of Arcadia
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA
I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby
certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2047 was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the
Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of
said Council held on the 2nd day of April, 1996 and that said
Ordinance was adopted by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmember Chang, Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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