A. The City Manager, or their designee, shall have primary responsibility for enforcement of this chapter. The City Manager, or their designee, is authorized to promulgate regulations and to take any and all other actions reasonable and necessary to enforce this chapter, including, but not limited to, investigating violations, issuing fines and entering the premises of any store during business hours.

B. If the City Manager, or their designee, determines that a violation of this chapter has occurred, they will issue a written warning notice to the operator of a store that a violation has occurred and the potential penalties that will apply for future violations.

C. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provision of this title after a written warning notice has been issued for that violation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as specified in Larkspur Municipal Code Section 9.24.070. Such person, firm, or corporation shall be guilty of a separate offense for each and every day during any portion of which any violation of any provision of this title is committed, continued, or permitted. In addition to the penalties hereinabove described, any condition caused or permitted to exist in violation of any provision of this title is a public nuisance and shall be regarded as a new and separate offense. (Ord. 1069 § 2, 2023; Ord. 1062 § 14, 2022; Ord. 1030 § 2(5), 2018; Ord. 996 § 2, 2014)