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and allowing recovery by the City of the costs of future enforcement actions. 4 i-e-aiaictins-Ad titnu 1-12-150 AUTHORITY TO INSPECT. An Enforcement Officer may exercise all lawful authority to enter upon any real property or premises to ascertain whether the provisions of this Code are being obeyed and to make any examinations and surveys as may be necessary in the performance of his or her code enforcement duties. Inspections may include and/or involve the taking of photographs, samples, or other physical evidence and conferring with persons present. ARTICLE 2. VIOLATIONS 1-12-200 CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT OF CODE VIOLATIONS. (a) A violation of this Code may be prosecuted as a criminal offense. Unless expressly described as an infraction, a violation of any provision ofthis Code, or failing to comply with any mandatory requirement hereof,:shall'constitute a rhis"demeanor. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence or any cilner section of this Code, a,violation of this Code may, in the discretion of the enforcing auth6rity, be charged and prosecuted as an infraction. (b) Any person convictedoda misdemeanor ""d6r the provisions of this Code, unless provision_is otherwise_herein_made, shaJi,b ptt�tshed by ai, p,of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($54,000:00) or by imprisonmentiu the-e6tinty.jail fora period of not more than six(6) - - months or by both fine and imprisonment. (c) Any person convicted of an shall be punished by a fine of not more than One 1-Jundred Doll°yrs ($100.640 'f`or a first violation, or a fine of not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same Code section within one year. A third (or more) violation ofthe same code section by the same person within a twelve (12) month period may be charged'and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. (d) Upon entry of a second or subsequent conviction against the same responsible party within a two (2) year period for a condition of real property constituting a public nuisance under this Chapter, the court may,require the responsible party to pay to the City treble the cost of the abatemen ,"Any costs awarded to the City may be enforced in the manner described in Section 1-12-600, below. 1-12-210 CRIMINAL CITATION PROCEDURE. (a) If an Enforcement Officer arrests a person for a violation of this Code and elects to charge the violation as a misdemeanor or infraction, such Officer shall prepare in duplicate a written notice to appear,pursuant to Penal Code §948, containing the name and address of such person, the offense(s) charged, and the time and place where and when such person shall appear in court. The arresting Enforcement Officer shall deliver one copy of the notice to appear to the violator and the violator, in order to secure release, must give his written promise to so appear in court by signing the duplicate notice which shall be retained by the Officer. The time specified in the notice to appear must be at least thirty (30) days after the date of the arrest.