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Ordinance No. 2708
AN ORDINANCE ADD~NG SECT~ON 24-42 TO THE BUTTE COUNTY CODE
AND AMENDTNG SECT~ONS 1-'1 AND 24-62 OF THE
BUTTE COUNTY CODE REGARDING CODE VI~ZATIONS
The Board of Supe~visors of th~ Caunty of B~t~e ordai.ns as
foll.ows :
Section 1. Section 24-42 is hereby added to the Bu~te County Code to
read as £al].aws:
"Sec~ion 24-42,
Use P~rma.~ Violations.
~a) It shall be unlawful ~o establish, con~i~ue or
maintain any use £or which a e~se permi~. is ~equired
pursuant to ~h~ provisians of this Chapter, unless and
until a use permit therefor is ob~a~.ned and in effect.
{b) It shall be un~.aw~ul to viola~e any o~ the terms or
conditions of a use permit."
Section 2. Sectzon 1-7 of the Butte County Code is hereby amended to
read as ~o~l.aws :
"Section 1-~7. General penalty; continuing vio~atians.
(a) Whenever in this Code or in any ather ordinance of the
county ar in any ru~e or regul.a~ian promulgated pursuant
thereto, any ac~. is prohibited or made or declared to b~
unlav~rful or an o£fens~, or the do~.ng of any acf. is required
or the failure to do any act is declar~d to be unlawful or
a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty i~ provided for,
the violata.on of any such provision of this Code ar any
other ordinance, rule or regula~ion of the coun~y sha~.l be
punished by a fine not exceeding ~ive hundred dollars
($500.04) or imprisonmen~ for a term not exceeding si.x (6}
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months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the
contrary in subsection (a} above or in Chapters ~0, 11, 13,
14, 19, 23B, 24, 26, 26A, 26B, 27, 2$, 31, 32, 33 or 37,
whenev~r any provisian in any of said Chapters provides
that any act is prohibited or made or declared to be
unlawful or a misdemeanor ar an infractio~, or requires the
doing of any ac~ or declares the fai~ure to do any act
unlawful o~ a misdemeanor or an in~rac~ion, the vioiation
of such provision may be charged as an infraction and
punishabZe as speci~ied in Section 41-5. This subsection
{b) sha~~ apply to the v~alation o~ any provision described
herein, incZuding but nat limi~ed to the following sections
o~ th~s Code: IO-1~ 10-2~ 10-8~ ~0-22- 11~2~ 11-4~ 11-5r
11w6~ 11-7i 11-8~ 11~10~ 11-llr 1Z-18~ 13-3~ 13-104(a)~ 1~-
1, 14-4, 14-5, 14-12, ~4-15, 14-21, 14~28, 14-30, 1~-47,
14-48, 1~-61, 14-80, 14-91, 19-3, ~9-4, 19-5, 19~7, ~9-1$,
23B-3, 23B-10, 24-4, 24-5, 24-5. 24-36.2, 24-63.1, 24-6$,
26-6~ 26A-4~ 26A-12~ 26B~5~ 27-6~ 28-4~ 31~1~ 31-5~ 31~7.~r
31w8, 31-8.5, 31-11, 32-10, 33-3, 33-4, 37-7, 37-8, 37-9,
37-16, 37-22 and 37-23.
(~} Every day any vioiation o~ this Code or any o~her
ardinance, ru~e or regulation o~ the county continues shall
consti~ute a separate o~fense."
Section 3. Section 24~62 0~ ~he Bu~te County Code is amended ~o
~~ read as fallaws:
"Section 24-62. Viola~ion of use ezmit terms; Revocation.
Whenever any alleged viola~ion of ~he terms of a use
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1 permit i~ brought to ~he attention of the planning
2 director, he or she sha1Z, after determining that a
3 violation does exist, give the permittee a written not~ce
4 to comply within thirty (30} days. Said notice shall be
5 sen~ by registered mail, return receipt requested, and the
6 th~rty (30) day period shall commence with the date af
7 mailing notice. Tf the permittee does not comply within
8 the thirty (30) day period, the pxanning director shall
9 place the question of the revacation of the use permit on
14 ~he agenda o~ the next regtx~.ar planning commissi~n meeting.
~l. Any use perinit may be revoked zf any o~ the terms or
12 condi~ions af sueh perinit are violated or i~ any acts o~
13 omiss~ons o~ ~he permittee in connection with ~he use
i4 authorized by saa.d permittee con~ti.tute a public nuisance.
15 The planning coFnm~ssion shall set a date for a hearing to
18 be held before it on any proposed revacation. Notice of
17 sa~.d hearing shall be advertised and noticed pursuant to
18 Government Code section 65905, and notice o~ said hearing
19 shall be given to the pe~mittee by registered inail. No~ice
2~ of the ta.me and place of said hear~.ng sha11 be sent to the
~1 permittee by r~gistered ~nail, return receipt requested, at
~2 Ieast ~en {].0) days prior to said hearing. The planning
23 commiss~.on may continue the hearing from tim~ to time.
24 Based upon the evidence presented at th~ hearing, the
2~ planning commission may revoke or modify the use permit.
~~ The decision of the planning commission. may b~ appeaZed
27 as provided in section 24-48 above.
28 Tf the fznal decision of the planning co~nission or board
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of supervisors, as applicable, is to revoke the use permit
pursuant to this s~ction and the ~se contin~es even though
the use permit has been revoked, the p~anning director may
refer the matter to a Code Enforcement Otficer ~or action
pursuant to Chapt~r 4~ of this Code or may repart such
facts to the Board o~ Superv~sors and to the District
Attorney and County Counsel for appropriat~ action.
Evidence necessary to litigate the violatian sha~1 be
submitted by the planning director to ~he District At~orney
and Caunty Counsel in a~orm and wi~h a conten~ approved by
them."
Section 4. Severabi~it . ~f any part of this ordinanc~ shall be
held void by a caurt of competent jurisdiction, such part shail be
deemed severabl.e, and ~he inva3.idity thereof shall not af~ect ~.he
remaining parts o€ this ordinance.
Secti.on 5.
This 4rdinance ~hall be and it ~s hereby declared to be in ~ull
force and effect from and after thir'ty (30} day~ afte~ the date af
its passage, and be~ore the expiration of fif~teen (15} days after ~.ts
passage, this Ordinance shall be publ~.shed once with the names of the
mernbers of the Board of Super~isors vating for and agains~ ~~ in the
Orovi~le Mercury , a newspaper pub~ished in the County of
Butt~, State of Cali~ornia.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board o£ S~pervisors of the Caunty of
Butte~ State o~ Ca1.i~arnia, on the 4th day of Qctober .
1988, by the fo3.lowing vote:
AYES: Superv~sars Dolan, Fulton, McLa~ghlir~, Vercruse and
Cha~rman McTnturf
N~ES : None
ABSENT : None
NOT VOTING : Nan~
HASKEL McINTURF, Chair f the
Butte County Board of uperv~sors
ATTEST:
MARTTN J. NTCHOLS, Chief Admina.strati.ve
Officer and Gle~k of the Soard
By ~
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