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Chapter 15.33
CALIFORNIA REFERENCE STANDARDS CODE
Section 14. 15.33.010 Part 12 - California Reference Standards Code The 2022 California Reference Standards Code is adopted by reference, in its entirety, as the City of Upland California Reference Standards Code Standards.
Section 15. Penalties for Violation of Ordinance. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to violate any provisions or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Ordinance, or the codes adopted hereby.
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of this Ordinance, or the Codes adopted hereby or failing to comply with any of their requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, partnership or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or Codes adopted hereby is committed, continued or permitted by such person, firm, partnership or corporation, and shall be deemed punishable thereof as provided in this Ordinance.
Section 16. Civil Remedies Available. The violation of any of the provisions of this Ordinance or the codes hereby adopted shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the City through civil process by means of restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisances.
Section 17. Compliance with California Environmental Quality Act. The City Council finds that this Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
Further, if the activity is deemed a project this City Council finds that this Ordinance is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
Section 18. Severability. The City Council declares that, should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of this Ordinance or the Codes hereby adopted be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction, or by reason of any preemptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences and words of this Ordinance and the Codes hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 19. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days from its adoption.
Section 20. Publication. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this ____ day of _________, 2025.
Bill Velto, Mayor
I, Keri Johnson, City Clerk of the City of Upland, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Upland held on the ____ day of __________, 2025, and was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Upland on the ____ day of __________, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT
ABSTAINED:
ATTEST:
Keri Johnson, City Clerk