AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TITLE 1 OF THE RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL CODE BY AMENDING SECTION
1.17.230(A) REGARDING ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FINES;
ASSESSMENT AND AMOUNTS.
The City Council of the City of Riverside does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Section 1.17.230(A) of the Riverside Municipal Code is hereby amended as follows:
“Section 1.17.230 – Administrative citation fines; assessment and amounts.
A. Unless otherwise provided in this Code, the amount of fine to be imposed for a violation of this Code and assessed by means of an administrative citation shall be $100 for the first occurrence of a violation, $200 $500 for the second occurrence of the same type of violation, and $500 $1,000 for the third and each subsequent occurrence of the same type of violation. Notwithstanding this section, the amount of fine to be assessed by means of an administrative citation may be established by resolution of the City Council.”
Section 2. The City Council has reviewed the matter and, by based upon the facts and information contained in the staff reports, administrative record, and written and oral testimony, hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and/or 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, in that it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and cause publication once in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 414 of the Charter of the City of Riverside. This ordinance shall become effective on the 30th day after the date of its adoption. / /
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ADOPTED by the City Council this _________ day of _____________, 2026.
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PATRICIA LOCK DAWSON
Mayor of the City of Riverside
Attest:
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DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk of the City of Riverside
I, Donesia Gause, City Clerk of the City of Riverside, California, hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City Council on the _______ day of _______________, 2026, and that thereafter the said ordinance was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the _________day of _____________, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Noes: Absent: Abstain:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Riverside, California, this ________ day of ______________, 2026.
______________________________________ DONESIA GAUSE City Clerk of the City of Riverside
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