§ 5.60. Prohibited acts; validity of chapter; violations a misdemeanor; repeal of conflicting ordinances but saving certain clauses therein.
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(a) Prohibited acts. Whenever in this chapter any act or omission is made unlawful, it shall include causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing the fact of such act or omission.
(b) Validity of chapter. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid or unlawful by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter. The city council hereby declares that they would have adopted this chapter and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, regardless of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses, phrases, or portions might be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(c) Violations a misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any of the provisions, or fail to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter. Any person violating any of the provisions, or failing to comply with any of the mandatory requirements of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the provisions of this chapter, unless provision is otherwise herein made, shall be punished by paying a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the city jail of the City of Vernon, or by imprisonment in the county jail of the County of Los Angeles, whichever the committing magistrate directs, for a period not to exceed three months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this chapter is committed, continued, or permitted by that person who shall be punishable accordingly. In addition to the penalties hereinabove provided, any conditions caused or permitted to exist in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed a public nuisance, and may be summarily abated as such by the city. Each day that such conditions persist shall cause that condition to be regarded as a new separate offense.
(d) Repeal of conflicting ordinances; saving clause on repeal. All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this chapter are hereby repealed, except as to violations of such ordinances and offenses committed before this chapter takes effect. As to such violations and offenses, and for the punishment of parties guilty thereof, and for the collection of any delinquent taxes, licenses, fees or penalties levied, assessed, due or delinquent pursuant to the provisions thereof, the repealed provisions of such ordinances shall continue to be in full force and effect.
