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 Long Beach
 Municipal Code
 Title 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
 Chapter 1.32. GENERAL PENALTY

  § 1.32.020. Infractions.  

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  • A.

    Violation of or failure to comply with any provision of Title 10 of this Code constitutes an infraction as provided in Section 40000.1 of the California Vehicle Code, and penalties for such infractions shall be as set forth in Article I, Chapter I, Division 18 of the Vehicle Code.

    B.

    1.

    As an alternative to the penalty provided in Section 1.32.010 of this Code, violation of or failure to comply with any provision of or condition lawfully imposed under the below enumerated provisions of Title 21 of this Code on and following the dates indicated may be deemed to constitute an infraction as provided in Section 17 of the California Penal Code, and penalties for such infractions shall be as set forth in Subdivision 19e of the Penal Code:

    a.

    On and after January 1, 1992, the following sections of the Long Beach Municipal Code as they then exist or may be thereafter amended: all sections included in Chapter 21.44.

    b.

    On and after a date to be established in and by administrative rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Subsection 1.32.060.D., in addition to the section set forth in Subsection B.1.a. of this Section, the following section of the Long Beach Municipal Code as they then exist or may be thereafter amended: Section 21.21.404.

    c.

    On and after a date to be established in and by administrative rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Subsection 1.32.060.D., in addition to the sections set forth in Subsections B.1.a. and B.1.b. of this Section, the following sections of the Long Beach Municipal Code as they exist or may be thereafter amended: Sections 21.42.030, 21.51.205, 21.51.235, 21.31.110, 21.32.110, 21.33.110, 21.34.110, 21.35.110, 21.36.110, 21.37.050 and all sections included in Chapters 21.45 and 21.53.

    2.

    a.

    Whenever a person legally controlling property other than the owner is prosecuted for a violation of a provision of Title 21 of this Code pursuant to this Section, the court may, on the request of such person, take appropriate proceedings to make the owner of the property a co-defendant. In the event it is found that the person legally controlling the property had reasonable grounds to believe that the property controlled by him or her did not violate such provisions, and in the event the owner is found guilty, the court may dismiss the charges against the person legally controlling the property.

    b.

    Whenever a person other than a person legally controlling the property or the owner of the property is prosecuted for violations of a provision of Title 21 of this Code pursuant to this Section, the court may, on the request of such person, take appropriate proceedings to make the person legally controlling the property or the owner of the property, or both, co-defendants. In the event that the person legally controlling the property or the owner of the property or both are found guilty, the court may dismiss the charges against the person first cited.

(Ord. C-6960 § 1, 1992: Ord. C-5398 § 14, 1978: prior code § 1200.2)