(a) Any Person who violates Section 1B.3 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The penalty upon conviction shall be imprisonment in the County Jail for a period not to exceed one year or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both fine and imprisonment.
(b) The City Attorney may maintain an action for injunction to enforce Section 1B.3, to cause the correction of any such violation, and for assessment and recovery of a civil penalty for such violation pursuant to subsection (c).
(c) Any Person who violates Section 1B.3 may be liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. Each Wild or Exotic Animal in each Performance shall constitute a separate violation. Such penalty shall be assessed and recovered in a civil action brought in the name of the people of the City and County of San Francisco by the City Attorney in any court of competent jurisdiction. In assessing the amount of the civil penalty, the court may consider any one or more of the relevant circumstances presented by any of the parties to the case including, but not limited to, the following: the nature and seriousness of the violations, the number of violations, the persistence of the violations, the length of time over which the violations occurred, the willfulness of the Person charged with the violations, and the assets, liabilities, and net worth of the Person charged with the violations. The City Attorney also may seek recovery of the attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing a civil action for injunction or civil penalties pursuant to this section.
