HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3207 ORDINANCE NO. 3207
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 1 . 16 PERTAINING
TO GENERAL PENALTY--ENFORCEMENT
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the City
Attorney should have discretion in determining whether an
offense should be charged as a misdemeanor or an infraction to
better fit the circumstances of the violation and the prior
record of the defendant,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach does hereby ordain as follows :
1 . Section 1. 16 . 010 is hereby amended to read as follows :
1 . 16 . 010 Violation--misdemeanor/Infraction. Any
person who violates or wilfully fails to comply with
any provision of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor
or an infraction.
2 . Section 1 . 16 . 045 is hereby added to read as follows :
1 . 16 . 045 Prosecutor Discretion. The City Attorney
has discretion to file a complaint charging any
offense in this code as either a misdemeanor or an
infraction.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th
day of September 1993 .
Mayor
ATTES%o APPROVE S TO
City Clerk City Attorney q4S.�W_f3
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Ord. No. 3207
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ss
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
I CON NIE BROCKWAY the duly electedqualified City
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Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting therof held on the 16th day of August
19 93 and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting therof held on the 7th day of September , 19 93 and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of
all the members of said City Council .
AYES: Councilmembers:
Robitaille, Bauer, Moulton-Patterson, Winchell, Silva, Leipzig
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSENT: Councilmembers:
Sullivan
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of Huntington Beach, California
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