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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. B13-89. Violations.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. B13-89. Violations.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who owns, manages, operates or otherwise controls the use of any premises subject to the restrictions of this chapter to fail to comply with its provisions.

(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to smoke in any area restricted by the provisions of this chapter.

(c) Infraction(s). Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of an infraction, punishable by:

(1) A fine not exceeding $100.00 for a first violation.

(2) A fine not exceeding $200.00 for a second violation.

(3) A fine not exceeding $500.00 for each additional violation within one year.

(d) Misdemeanor(s). Any person, owner, operator, employer or manager of any establishment, subject to this chapter, who violates Section B13-86, or who violates any other provision of this chapter, in excess of three violations within one year, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction of a misdemeanor violation of this chapter, a person shall be subject to payment of a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, and shall be subject to incarceration in the County jail for a period not to exceed six months.

(e) Each day that a violation of Section B13-85 and B13-87 continues shall constitute a separate violation of this chapter.

(f) The County Executive or his/her designee is hereby authorized to institute and pursue, in the name of the County, pursuant to the provisions of Government Code § 25132, civil actions for the recovery of fines for violations of this chapter.

(Ord. No. NS-625.4, § 2, 1-4-94)

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