Any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision or requirement of this code, any ordinance adopted by the city, or any code adopted by reference by this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless such provision is specifically designated as constituting an infraction as provided in Sections 16, 17, and 19.8 of the Penal Code of the state, Section 36900 of the Government Code of the state, or Section 40000.1 of the Vehicle Code of the state, and as expressly specified in Section 1.12.060 of this chapter.

Any provision or requirement of this code designated as an infraction shall be prosecutable as a misdemeanor upon a third violation and each violation thereafter of the same provision by the same individual. In addition, any such provision or requirement may be prosecuted originally as a misdemeanor in the discretion of the city attorney upon a showing by the enforcing agency of the seriousness of the particular alleged violation. (Ord. 1484 § 2, 2005: prior code § 1204)