§ 87-020. PURPOSE

(a)

This chapter is adopted to achieve the following goals:

(1)

To protect the public health, safety and welfare of the communities and citizens in the county of Sutter; and,

(2)

To provide a method to penalize responsible parties who fail or refuse to comply with certain provisions of the Sutter County Ordinance Code; and,

(3)

To minimize the expense and delay where otherwise the county must pursue responsible parties in the civil or criminal justice system.

(b)

The procedures established in this chapter shall be in addition to criminal, civil or any other legal remedy established by law and available to address violations of the Sutter County Ordinance Code (hereinafter, "code").

(c)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, whenever an act, event or condition results in violation of certain chapters of the code, the procedures set out in this chapter may be used to impose a penalty on violators.