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Redlands City Zoning Code

CHAPTER 18

208 ENFORCEMENT

18.208.010: BUILDING INSPECTOR AUTHORITY:

It shall be the duty of the building inspector to enforce the provisions of this title pertaining to the erection, construction, reconstruction, moving, conversion, alteration, setback, yards or addition to any building or structure. (Ord. 1000 § 54.00, 1955)

18.208.020: POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY:

It shall be the duty of the Redlands police department and the city services representative of the community development department to enforce the provisions of this title. (Ord. 1934 § 1, 1986: Ord. 1000 § 54.25, 1955)

18.208.030: CITATION ISSUANCE PROCEDURES:

   A.   The city services representative of the community development department who has the discretionary duty to enforce the provisions of this title, is hereby authorized by the city council, pursuant to sections 832, 836.5 and 19d of the California Penal Code, and subject to the provisions thereof, to arrest a person without warrant whenever the city services representative has reasonable cause to believe that the person to be arrested has either violated a provision of this title in the city services representative's presence, or fails to correct a violation of this title, and therefore has committed an infraction which the city services representative has the discretionary duty to enforce.
   B.   The city services representative is further authorized by the city council to issue a notice to appear, and to release such person on his or her written promise to appear in court, pursuant to sections 853.5 and 853.6 of the California Penal Code. Under no circumstances may the city services representative take the person to be arrested into custody. In the event that the person to be arrested demands to be taken before the magistrate or refuses to provide his or her written promise to appear in court, the city services representative must either summon a Redlands police officer, explain the situation, and request that the police officer arrest the person, and take the person into custody, or seek the assistance of the city attorney, and request that an infraction complaint be prepared and filed against that person.
   C.   In addition to the mandatory course of training prescribed by the commission of peace officers standards pursuant to section 832 of the California Penal Code, the chief of Redlands police department shall establish and cause to be administered a special enforcement training program designed to instruct the city services representative regarding provisions of this title to be enforced, the evidentiary prerequisites to proper prosecution for violations thereof, the appropriate procedures for making arrests or otherwise prudently exercising such arrest and citation authority, and limitations attendant thereto.
   D.   The city services representative shall be appropriately instructed to file executed citations within the department of community development, and such citations shall be filed with the court. (Ord. 1934 § 2, 1986: Ord. 1000 § 54.50, 1955)

18.208.040: UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES DESIGNATED; ABATEMENT AND OTHER REMEDIES:

   A.   Any building or structure set up, erected, constructed, altered, enlarged, converted, moved or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title, and any use of land, building or premises established, conducted or operated, or maintained contrary to the provisions of this title, is unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney, upon order of the council, shall immediately commence action or proceedings for the abatement and removal and the enjoining thereof in the manner prescribed by law, and shall take such other steps and shall apply to such courts as may have jurisdiction to grant such relief as will abate and remove the structure or building, and enjoin any person, firm or corporation from setting up, erecting, building, maintaining or the use of any such building or structure, or using property contrary to the provisions of this title.
   B.   The remedies provided herein shall be cumulative and not exclusive. (Ord. 1000 § 55.00, 1955)

18.208.050: VIOLATION; PENALTY:

   A.   No person shall violate any of the provisions or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this title or of any applicable specific plan, or the terms or conditions of any land use entitlement issued by the city.
   B.   Any person, firm or corporation who violates any of the provisions of this title or any applicable specific plan of the city, or the terms or conditions of any land use entitlement issued by the city, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Such person, firm or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of this title is committed or continued by such person, firm or corporation, and shall be punishable as herein provided. (Ord. 2744, 2014)