RESOLUTION NO. 2025-021
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
ADOPTING AMENDED ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION AND CIVIL
PENALTIES FEE SCHEDULES PURSUANT TO THE VERNON
MUNICIPAL CODE AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 2011-195
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. On November 15, 2011, the City Council of the City of Vernon adopted Resolution No. 2011-195 establishing and adopting administrative citation and civil penalties fee schedules pursuant to the Vernon Municipal Code.
B. The Director of Public Works has recommended that the fees for administrative citations and civil penalties be amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon finds and determines that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby adopts the administrative citation fees as set forth in the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A.
SECTION 4. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby adopts civil penalties as set forth in the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B.
SECTION 5. All resolutions or parts of resolutions, specifically Resolution No. 2011-195, not consistent with or in conflict with this resolution are hereby repealed. / / /
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SECTION 6. The City Clerk, or Deputy City Clerk, shall certify the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
SECTION 7. This resolution shall become effective upon the effective date of Ordinance No. 1308.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED September 2, 2025.
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LETICIA LOPEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA, City Attorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF VERNON )
I do hereby certify that the attached is a true copy of Resolution No. 2025-021 that was passed and adopted at the Regular Meeting held on September 2, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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GENOVEVA ROCHA, City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION SCHEDULE
A violation of any provision of any section of the City Code or any California Building Code adopted by the City may be subject to an administrative citation fine pursuant to the below schedule:
Except as provided in the chart below, and except as provided for violations of local building and safety codes (Municipal Code Title 15) the administrative citation fine for a Municipal Code violation, whether designated as a misdemeanor or infraction, shall be $100 for a first violation, $200 for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year, and $500 for a third violation of the same ordinance within one year.
Except as provided in the chart below, the administrative citation fine for a violation of any provision within Municipal Code Title 15, whether designated as a misdemeanor or infraction, shall be $130 for a first violation, $700 for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year, $1,300 for a third violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation, and $2,500 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within two years of the first violation if the property is a commercial property that has an existing building at the time of the violation and the violation is due to failure by the owner to remove visible refuse or failure to prohibit unauthorized use of the property.
Chapter of Article of City Code containing provision that was violated Title 1st Offense 2nd Offense(within one year) 3rd Offense
(within one
year of first
offense)
4th Offense
or More
Chapter 5.12 Permit Enforcement $500 $500 $500 $500
Chapter 5.56 State Video Franchises $500 $1,000 $2,500 $2,500 Chapter 6.04 General Provisions $500 $500 $500 $500
Chapter 8.08 Fireworks $500 $750 $1,000 $1,000
Chapter 8.15
Single-use Foodware
Accessory and Standard
Condiment Reduction
Fine of $25 per
day not to exceed
$300 annually N/A N/A
N/A
Chapter 8.28 Food Protection Program
Fine of $25 per
day not to exceed
$1,000 annually
N/A N/A
N/A
Chapter 9.16 Weapons $500 $500 $500 $500
Chapter 9.36 Living Wages $100 per day N/A N/A N/A
Title 11 Oil and Gas Wells $100 $500 $1,000 $1,000
Title 12 Streets, Sidewalks and
Public Places
$100 $500 $1,000 $1,000
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Chapter of Article of City Code containing provision that was violated Title 1st Offense 2nd Offense(within one year) 3rd Offense
(within one
year of first
offense)
4th Offense
or More
Chapter 12.10.060(A) for failure to obtain a permit Sidewalk Vending Written warning $250 $500 $1,000 Chapter 12.10.060(B) Sidewalk Vending Written warning $100 $200 $500 Title 13 Public Services $100 $500 $1,000 $1,000
Late payment charges: Any person who fails to pay to the City on or before the due date of the administrative fine imposed shall be subject to a late fee of 25% of the administrative fine for each and every thirty (30) day period after the fine is due.
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EXHIBIT B
CIVIL PENALTIES
Any person in violation of any provision of the City Code or any regulation enforced by the city may be subject to the assessment of civil penalties. The maximum amount of penalties shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) annually for every series of violations of the same code section or provision. A violation shall include not only the act or omission, constituting the violation, but it shall also include causing, allowing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, withholding, or concealing the fact of such act or omission occurred or destroying or tampering with evidence associated with the act or omission. Each and every day a violation exists, constitutes a separate and individual offense.
The penalty may commence on the date when the City first discovered the violation as evidenced by the issuance of a compliance order, administrative citation or any other written correspondence.
In determining the amount of the daily civil penalty the enforcement official shall consider some or all of the following factors:
Duration of the violation:
ii The frequency or recurrence of the violation;
iii The history of the violation;
iv The seriousness of the violation;
v The responsible party’s conduct after the issuance of notice or order; vi The reasonable party's good faith effort to comply;
vii The economic impact of the penalty on the responsible party; and viii Impact of violation on the community.
The following table may serve as a guideline for establishing the daily civil penalty:
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1) The
responsible
party is
aggressively
pursuing
correction of
the violation.
2) The
duration of
the violation
is more than
double the
time it could
have
reasonably
been
corrected.
3) Same violation
impacts
neighboring
properties.
4) The
violation
impacts
neighboring
properties.
Daily Civil Penalty
Violation poses an immediate threat to life, property or the environment and was caused by an unavoidable
accident or without knowledge that the responsible
parties conduct caused a violation.
X
X $1,000
X $1,250
X $750
Violation does not pose an immediate threat to life,
property or the environment and was caused by the
willful conduct and knowledge of the violation by the
responsible party.
X $200
X $400
X $500
X $400
Violation does not pose an immediate threat to life,
property or the environment and was caused by an
accident or without knowledge that the responsible
parties conduct caused a violation.
X $100
X $200
X $400
X $200
1. The Civil penalty may be reduced by up to 75% if it will cause an unacceptable economic impact to the responsible party.
2. The Civil penalty maybe increased by 25% if more than one of the columns would be checked, maximum civil penalty is $2,500.00 a day:
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