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City of American Canyon Municipal Code.

19.02.030 Violations and penalties.

(A) Any person, firm, corporation, or organization violating any provision of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or by both a fine and imprisonment, or shall be subject to such punishment as provided elsewhere in the municipal code. A person, firm, corporation, or organization shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day, or portion thereof, during which the violation of this title is committed, continued, or permitted by the person, firm, corporation, or organization and shall be punishable as herein provided.

(B) Any structure or sign erected, moved, altered, enlarged, or maintained and any use of a site contrary to the provisions of this title shall be and is declared to be unlawful and a public nuisance, and the city attorney shall immediately institute necessary legal proceedings for the abatement, removal, and enforcement thereof in the manner provided by law, shall take such other steps as may be necessary to accomplish these ends, and shall apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to grant such relief as will remove or abate the structure, corporation, or organization from erecting, moving, altering, or enlarging the structure or sign or using the site contrary to the provisions of this title.

(C) All remedies provided for herein, and any other portion of the municipal code, shall be cumulative and not exclusive.